diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 601cf5f6..6e4b679c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 ### capa Explorer IDA Pro plugin
 
 ### Development
+- tests: update binja version to 5.3 @mr-tz #3011
 - ci: use explicit and per job permissions @mike-hunhoff #3002
 - replace black/isort/flake8 with ruff @mike-hunhoff #2992
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4644d2f9..431a12a2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ six==1.17.0
 sortedcontainers==2.4.0
 viv-utils==0.8.0
 vivisect==1.3.2
-msgspec==0.20.0
+msgspec==0.21.1
 bump-my-version==1.3.0
diff --git a/tests/test_binja_features.py b/tests/test_binja_features.py
index c97a8d26..acb928f6 100644
--- a/tests/test_binja_features.py
+++ b/tests/test_binja_features.py
@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@ def test_standalone_binja_backend():
 @pytest.mark.skipif(binja_present is False, reason="Skip binja tests if the binaryninja Python API is not installed")
 def test_binja_version():
     version = binaryninja.core_version_info()
-    assert version.major == 5 and version.minor == 2
+    assert (version.major, version.minor) >= (5, 3)