diff --git a/Ports/AvailablePorts.md b/Ports/AvailablePorts.md
index 87ec9108a82..ddb02fb46e4 100644
--- a/Ports/AvailablePorts.md
+++ b/Ports/AvailablePorts.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Please make sure to keep this list up to date when adding and updating ports. :^
 | [`bash`](bash/)                        | GNU Bash                                                        | 5.1.16                   | https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/                                             |
 | [`awk`](awk/)                          | The One True Awk                                                | 20220122                 | https://github.com/onetrueawk/awk                                              |
 | [`bass`](bass/)                        | Beneath a Steel Sky                                             | cd-1.2                   | https://www.scummvm.org/games                                                  |
-| [`bc`](bc/)                            | bc                                                              | 5.1.1                    | https://github.com/gavinhoward/bc                                              |
+| [`bc`](bc/)                            | bc                                                              | 5.2.3                    | https://github.com/gavinhoward/bc                                              |
 | [`bdwgc`](bdwgc/)                      | Boehm-Demers-Weiser Garbage Collector (libgc)                   | 8.0.6                    | https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc                                                 |
 | [`binutils`](binutils/)                | GNU Binutils                                                    | 2.38                     | https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/                                         |
 | [`bison`](bison/)                      | GNU Bison                                                       | 1.25                     | https://www.gnu.org/software/bison/                                            |
diff --git a/Ports/bc/package.sh b/Ports/bc/package.sh
index 2e9afc34fb8..fd58db7b180 100755
--- a/Ports/bc/package.sh
+++ b/Ports/bc/package.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env -S bash ../.port_include.sh
 port=bc
-version=5.1.1
+version=5.2.3
 files="https://github.com/gavinhoward/bc/releases/download/${version}/bc-${version}.tar.xz bc-${version}.tar.xz
 https://github.com/gavinhoward/bc/releases/download/${version}/bc-${version}.tar.xz.sig bc-${version}.tar.xz.sig"
 useconfigure=true
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ auth_import_key="E2A30324A4465A4D5882692EC08038BDF280D33E"
 auth_opts=("bc-${version}.tar.xz.sig")
 configopts=("--prefix=/usr/local" "--disable-nls")
 
+export CFLAGS="-O3 -flto"
+
 configure() {
     run env HOSTCC=gcc ./"$configscript" "${configopts[@]}"
 }