diff --git a/src/lua/devcontainer-feature.json b/src/lua/devcontainer-feature.json
index 7ead9b1..1603bcc 100644
--- a/src/lua/devcontainer-feature.json
+++ b/src/lua/devcontainer-feature.json
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {
     "name": "Lua",
     "id": "lua",
-    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "version": "1.1.0",
     "description": "Installs Lua",
     "documentationURL": "https://github.com/prulloac/devcontainer-features/tree/main/src/lua",
     "options": {
         "version": {
             "type": "string",
-            "default": "5.4.7"
+            "default": "5.4.8"
         },
         "useApt": {
             "type": "boolean",
diff --git a/src/lua/install.sh b/src/lua/install.sh
index 8f61d96..58f7f00 100644
--- a/src/lua/install.sh
+++ b/src/lua/install.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-VERSION="${VERSION:-"5.4.7"}"
+VERSION="${VERSION:-"5.4.8"}"
 USE_APT="${USEAPT:-"false"}"
 
 
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ if [ "${USE_APT}" = "true" ]; then
 else
     # build and install lua from source
 	apt update -y
-    apt install -y curl make gcc tar
+    apt install -y curl make gcc tar libreadline-dev
     curl -L -R -O https://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-${VERSION}.tar.gz
     tar zxf lua-${VERSION}.tar.gz
     cd lua-${VERSION}
-    make all test
-    make all install
+    make linux-readline test
+    make linux-readline install
 fi
 
 echo 'Done!'