diff --git a/steps-guix/bash-5.3-1/pass1.sh b/steps-guix/bash-5.3-1/pass1.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4ade2f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/steps-guix/bash-5.3-1/pass1.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+SEED_PREFIX="/bootstrap-seeds/bash-5.3-1"
+
+src_prepare() {
+    default
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+    ./configure \
+        --prefix="${SEED_PREFIX}" \
+        --without-bash-malloc \
+        --disable-nls \
+        --enable-static-link \
+        --build="${TARGET}" \
+        bash_cv_dev_stdin=absent \
+        bash_cv_dev_fd=whacky
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+    make -j1
+}
+
+src_install() {
+    install -D -m 0755 bash "${DESTDIR}${SEED_PREFIX}/bin/bash"
+    ln -sf bash "${DESTDIR}${SEED_PREFIX}/bin/sh"
+}
diff --git a/steps-guix/bash-5.3-1/sources b/steps-guix/bash-5.3-1/sources
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac07ef5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/steps-guix/bash-5.3-1/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+f https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-5.3.tar.gz 0d5cd86965f869a26cf64f4b71be7b96f90a3ba8b3d74e27e8e9d9d5550f31ba
diff --git a/steps-guix/manifest b/steps-guix/manifest
index cb23a129..47884f53 100644
--- a/steps-guix/manifest
+++ b/steps-guix/manifest
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ build: xz-5.2.4
 build: gzip-1.9
 build: bzip2-1.0.6
 build: patch-2.7.6
-build: bash-4.4.23-1
+build: bash-5.3-1
 build: static-binaries-0-i686-linux
 # Build guile-static-stripped-2.2.4-i686-linux.tar.xz
 build: guile-2.2.4
diff --git a/steps-guix/static-binaries-0-i686-linux/pass1.sh b/steps-guix/static-binaries-0-i686-linux/pass1.sh
index e70492af..04239828 100644
--- a/steps-guix/static-binaries-0-i686-linux/pass1.sh
+++ b/steps-guix/static-binaries-0-i686-linux/pass1.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ src_compile() {
     cp -a /bootstrap-seeds/gzip-1.9/bin/gzip "${stage}/bin/"
     cp -a /bootstrap-seeds/bzip2-1.0.6/bin/bzip2 "${stage}/bin/"
     cp -a /bootstrap-seeds/patch-2.7.6/bin/patch "${stage}/bin/"
-    cp -a /bootstrap-seeds/bash-4.4.23-1/bin/bash "${stage}/bin/"
+    cp -a /bootstrap-seeds/bash-5.3-1/bin/bash "${stage}/bin/"
 
     ln -sf bash "${stage}/bin/sh"
     ln -sf gawk "${stage}/bin/awk"