diff --git a/CI/prepare_common.sh b/CI/prepare_common.sh
index 39dee05..6653dcd 100755
--- a/CI/prepare_common.sh
+++ b/CI/prepare_common.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 sudo apt-get -qq -y --force-yes update
-sudo apt-get -qq -y --force-yes install automake libtool lua5.1 liblua5.1-dev liblua5.1 liblua5.1-0-dbg libpcap-dev g++ autoconf gdb libnetfilter-queue-dev libjson0-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev luarocks lua-sec
+sudo apt-get -qq -y --force-yes install automake libtool lua5.2 liblua5.2-dev liblua5.2 liblua5.2-0-dbg libpcap-dev g++ autoconf gdb libnetfilter-queue-dev libjson0-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev luarocks lua-sec
 
 sudo luarocks install penlight
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c6d7b25..2aa721d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Requirements:
 
 *Debian*
 
-    apt-get install autotools automake libtool liblua-dev libpcap-dev libjson0 libjson0-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev lua-ldoc libnetfilter-queue-dev
+    apt-get install autotools automake libtool liblua5.2-dev libpcap-dev libjson0 libjson0-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev lua-ldoc libnetfilter-queue-dev
 
 *Fedora (24)*
 
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ you can try to retrieve them manually by browsing to [the tracebox project
 build status](https://circleci.com/gh/tracebox/tracebox),
 selecting the latest build and then downloading the *.deb packages in the Artifacts tab.
 
-Tracebox has been tested and works both with Lua 5.1 and 5.2
-
 ### OpenWRT
 
 The package is available at http://github.com/tracebox/openwrt.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4de3eb5..db04a12 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ Source: tracebox
 Section: net
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Olivier Tilmans <olivier.tilmans@uclouvain.be>
-Build-Depends: gcc (>= 4.8), debhelper (>= 8.0.0), autotools-dev, autoconf, libpcap-dev, liblua5.1-dev, git, libnetfilter-queue-dev, libjson0-dev, libcurl4-gnutls-dev, luarocks, lua-sec
+Build-Depends: gcc (>= 4.8), debhelper (>= 8.0.0), autotools-dev, autoconf, libpcap-dev, liblua5.2-dev, git, libnetfilter-queue-dev, libjson0-dev, libcurl4-gnutls-dev, luarocks, lua-sec
 Standards-Version: 0.4.3
 Homepage: http://www.tracebox.org
 
 Package: tracebox
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, liblua5.1-0, libpcap0.8, libnetfilter-queue1, libjson0, libcurl4-gnutls-dev
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, liblua5.2-0, libpcap0.8, libnetfilter-queue1, libjson0, libcurl4-gnutls-dev
 Description: Tracebox
  Tracebox is a tool that allows to detect middleboxes on any paths, i.e.,
  between a source and any destination. Tracebox can be viewed as a tool similar