diff --git a/gnu/packages/vulkan.scm b/gnu/packages/vulkan.scm
index 6a2c219aac..ce05dc389e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/vulkan.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/vulkan.scm
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018, 2019 Rutger Helling <rhelling@mykolab.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018, 2019 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;; Copyright © 2020 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages vulkan)
 (define-public spirv-headers
   (package
     (name "spirv-headers")
-    (version "1.3.7")
+    (version "1.5.3")
     (source
      (origin
        (method git-fetch)
@@ -51,18 +52,11 @@ (define-public spirv-headers
              (commit version)))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0m56smanfcczjfif4yfcqhjj4d4sc088kwg6dgia8fwdsjavdm4d"))
-      (file-name (git-file-name name version))))
+         "069sivqajp7z4p44lmrz23lvf237xpkjxd4lzrg27836pwqcz9bj"))
+       (file-name (git-file-name name version))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (arguments
-     `(#:tests? #f ;; No tests
-       #:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
-                  (replace 'install
-                    (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
-                      (invoke "cmake" "-E" "copy_directory"
-                                      "../source/include/spirv"
-                                      (string-append (assoc-ref outputs "out")
-                                                     "/include/spirv")))))))
+     `(#:tests? #f))                    ;no tests
     (home-page "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Headers")
     (synopsis "Machine-readable files from the SPIR-V Registry")
     (description