diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 9bcb3edff9e..62b1d2c8bca 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ defmodule Ejabberd.MixProject do
                          {config(:sip), {:esip, "~> 1.0"}},
                          {config(:zlib), {:ezlib, "~> 1.0"}},
                          {if_version_below(~c"22", true), {:lager, "~> 3.9.1"}},
-                         {config(:lua), {:luerl, "~> 1.0"}},
+                         {config(:lua), {:luerl, git: "https://github.com/badlop/luerl", branch: "otp27"}},
                          {config(:mysql), {:p1_mysql, ">= 1.0.23" }},
                          {config(:pgsql), {:p1_pgsql, "~> 1.1"}},
                          {config(:sqlite), {:sqlite3, "~> 1.1"}},
diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index f7779b1ef99..3757c9575e5 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@
         },
         {if_var_true, lua,
          {if_not_rebar3,
-          {luerl, ".*", {git, "https://github.com/rvirding/luerl", {tag, "1.0"}}}
+          {luerl, ".*", {git, "https://github.com/badlop/luerl", {branch, "otp27"}}}
          }},
         {if_var_true, lua,
          {if_rebar3,
-          {luerl, ".*", {git, "https://github.com/rvirding/luerl", {tag, "1.0.0"}}}
+          {luerl, ".*", {git, "https://github.com/badlop/luerl", {branch, "otp27"}}}
          }},
         {mqtree, ".*", {git, "https://github.com/processone/mqtree", {tag, "1.0.15"}}},
         {p1_acme, ".*", {git, "https://github.com/processone/p1_acme", {tag, "1.0.22"}}},