diff --git a/.github/workflows/builds.yml b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
index 34d308979e..297b281dff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ jobs:
                 git \
                 jansson-devel \
                 jq \
-                lua-devel \
                 libtool \
                 libyaml-devel \
                 libnfnetlink-devel \
@@ -365,7 +364,6 @@ jobs:
                 git \
                 jansson-devel \
                 jq \
-                lua-devel \
                 libtool \
                 libyaml-devel \
                 libnfnetlink-devel \
@@ -513,7 +511,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Configuring
         run: |
           ./autogen.sh
-          CFLAGS="${DEFAULT_CFLAGS}" ./configure --disable-lua
+          CFLAGS="${DEFAULT_CFLAGS}" ./configure
       - run: make -j ${{ env.CPUS }} check
       - name: Checking includes
         run: |
@@ -563,7 +561,6 @@ jobs:
                 git \
                 jansson-devel \
                 jq \
-                lua-devel \
                 libtool \
                 libyaml-devel \
                 libnfnetlink-devel \
@@ -679,7 +676,7 @@ jobs:
           name: dist
       - run: tar zxvf suricata-*.tar.gz --strip-components=1
       - name: ./configure
-        run: CFLAGS="${DEFAULT_CFLAGS}" ./configure --disable-lua
+        run: CFLAGS="${DEFAULT_CFLAGS}" ./configure
       - run: make -j ${{ env.CPUS }}
       - run: make install
       - run: make install-conf
@@ -742,7 +739,6 @@ jobs:
                 hiredis-devel \
                 jansson-devel \
                 jq \
-                lua-devel \
                 libasan \
                 libtool \
                 libyaml-devel \
@@ -839,7 +835,6 @@ jobs:
                 hiredis-devel \
                 jansson-devel \
                 jq \
-                lua-devel \
                 libasan \
                 libtool \
                 libyaml-devel \
@@ -937,7 +932,6 @@ jobs:
                 hiredis-devel \
                 jansson-devel \
                 jq \
-                lua-devel \
                 libasan \
                 libtool \
                 libyaml-devel \
@@ -1035,7 +1029,6 @@ jobs:
                 hiredis-devel \
                 jansson-devel \
                 jq \
-                lua-devel \
                 libasan \
                 libtool \
                 libyaml-devel \
@@ -1066,7 +1059,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: tar xf prep/libhtp.tar.gz
       - run: tar xf prep/suricata-update.tar.gz
       - run: ./autogen.sh
-      - run: CC="clang" CFLAGS="$DEFAULT_CFLAGS -Wshadow -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer" ./configure --enable-debug --enable-unittests --disable-shared --enable-rust-strict --enable-hiredis --enable-nfqueue --enable-lua
+      - run: CC="clang" CFLAGS="$DEFAULT_CFLAGS -Wshadow -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer" ./configure --enable-debug --enable-unittests --disable-shared --enable-rust-strict --enable-hiredis --enable-nfqueue
         env:
           LDFLAGS: "-fsanitize=address"
           ac_cv_func_realloc_0_nonnull: "yes"
@@ -1128,7 +1121,6 @@ jobs:
                 hiredis-devel \
                 jansson-devel \
                 jq \
-                lua-devel \
                 libasan \
                 libtool \
                 libyaml-devel \
@@ -1213,7 +1205,6 @@ jobs:
                 hiredis-devel \
                 jansson-devel \
                 jq \
-                lua-devel \
                 libasan \
                 libtool \
                 libyaml-devel \
@@ -1307,7 +1298,6 @@ jobs:
                 gcc \
                 gcc-c++ \
                 git \
-                lua-devel \
                 libasan \
                 libtool \
                 libyaml-devel \
@@ -1378,7 +1368,6 @@ jobs:
                 libhiredis-dev \
                 libhyperscan-dev \
                 libjansson-dev \
-                liblua5.4-dev \
                 libmagic-dev \
                 libnet1-dev \
                 libnetfilter-queue-dev \
@@ -1459,7 +1448,6 @@ jobs:
                 libnuma-dev \
                 libhiredis-dev \
                 libhyperscan-dev \
-                liblua5.4-dev \
                 libjansson-dev \
                 libevent-dev \
                 libevent-pthreads-2.1-7 \
@@ -1587,7 +1575,6 @@ jobs:
                 libnfnetlink0 \
                 libnuma-dev \
                 libhiredis-dev \
-                liblua5.1-dev \
                 libjansson-dev \
                 libevent-dev \
                 libevent-pthreads-2.1-7 \
@@ -1702,7 +1689,6 @@ jobs:
                 libnfnetlink0 \
                 libnuma-dev \
                 libhiredis-dev \
-                liblua5.1-dev \
                 libjansson-dev \
                 libevent-dev \
                 libevent-pthreads-2.1-7 \
@@ -1850,7 +1836,6 @@ jobs:
                 libnfnetlink0 \
                 libnuma-dev \
                 libhiredis-dev \
-                liblua5.1-dev \
                 libjansson-dev \
                 libevent-dev \
                 libevent-pthreads-2.1-7 \
@@ -1939,7 +1924,6 @@ jobs:
                 libnfnetlink0 \
                 libnuma-dev \
                 libhiredis-dev \
-                liblua5.1-dev \
                 libjansson-dev \
                 libevent-dev \
                 libevent-pthreads-2.1-7 \
@@ -2040,7 +2024,6 @@ jobs:
                 libnfnetlink0 \
                 libnuma-dev \
                 libhiredis-dev \
-                liblua5.4-dev \
                 libjansson-dev \
                 libevent-dev \
                 libevent-pthreads-2.1-7 \
@@ -2180,7 +2163,7 @@ jobs:
           chmod 755 $HOME/.cargo/bin/cbindgen
           echo "$HOME/.cargo/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
       - run: ./autogen.sh
-      - run: CFLAGS="$DEFAULT_CFLAGS -DNDEBUG" ./configure --enable-warnings --enable-unittests --disable-lua
+      - run: CFLAGS="$DEFAULT_CFLAGS -DNDEBUG" ./configure --enable-warnings --enable-unittests
       - run: make -j ${{ env.CPUS }}
       - run: make check
       - run: make dist
@@ -2310,7 +2293,6 @@ jobs:
                 libjansson-dev \
                 libevent-dev \
                 libevent-pthreads-2.1-7 \
-                liblua5.4-dev \
                 libpython2.7 \
                 make \
                 parallel \
@@ -2401,7 +2383,6 @@ jobs:
                 libnfnetlink0 \
                 libhiredis-dev \
                 libjansson-dev \
-                liblua5.4-dev \
                 libpython2.7 \
                 make \
                 rustc \
@@ -2472,7 +2453,6 @@ jobs:
                   libjansson-dev \
                   libevent-dev \
                   libevent-pthreads-2.1-7 \
-                  liblua5.4-dev \
                   libpython2.7 \
                   make \
                   parallel \
@@ -2564,7 +2544,6 @@ jobs:
                 libyaml-dev \
                 libcap-ng-dev \
                 libcap-ng0 \
-                liblua5.4-dev \
                 libmagic-dev \
                 libnetfilter-queue-dev \
                 libnetfilter-queue1 \
@@ -2683,7 +2662,6 @@ jobs:
               libmaxminddb-dev \
               libjansson-dev \
               libjansson4 \
-              liblua5.4-dev \
               libnuma-dev \
               liblz4-dev \
               libssl-dev \
@@ -2771,7 +2749,6 @@ jobs:
               libmagic-dev \
               libjansson-dev \
               libjansson4 \
-              liblua5.4-dev \
               liblz4-dev \
               libssl-dev \
               liblzma-dev \
@@ -2853,7 +2830,6 @@ jobs:
               libmaxminddb-dev \
               libjansson-dev \
               libjansson4 \
-              liblua5.4-dev \
               libnuma-dev \
               liblz4-dev \
               libssl-dev \
@@ -2941,7 +2917,6 @@ jobs:
                 libmagic-dev \
                 libjansson-dev \
                 libgeoip-dev \
-                liblua5.4-dev \
                 libhiredis-dev \
                 libevent-dev \
                 libtool \
@@ -3057,7 +3032,7 @@ jobs:
           cp prep/cbindgen $HOME/.cargo/bin
           chmod 755 $HOME/.cargo/bin/cbindgen
       - run: ./autogen.sh
-      - run: CFLAGS="${DEFAULT_CFLAGS}" ./configure --enable-warnings --enable-unittests --enable-fuzztargets --disable-lua
+      - run: CFLAGS="${DEFAULT_CFLAGS}" ./configure --enable-warnings --enable-unittests --enable-fuzztargets
       - run: make -j ${{ env.CPUS }}
       - run: make check
       - run: tar xf prep/suricata-verify.tar.gz
@@ -3091,7 +3066,6 @@ jobs:
           libtool \
           libyaml \
           pyyaml \
-          lua \
           pcre2 \
           pkg-config \
           python \
@@ -3138,7 +3112,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           msystem: MINGW64
           update: true
-          install: git mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain automake1.16 automake-wrapper autoconf libtool libyaml-devel pcre2-devel jansson-devel make mingw-w64-x86_64-libyaml mingw-w64-x86_64-pcre2 mingw-w64-x86_64-rust mingw-w64-x86_64-jansson unzip p7zip python-setuptools mingw-w64-x86_64-python-yaml mingw-w64-x86_64-jq mingw-w64-x86_64-libxml2 mingw-w64-x86_64-lua
+          install: git mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain automake1.16 automake-wrapper autoconf libtool libyaml-devel pcre2-devel jansson-devel make mingw-w64-x86_64-libyaml mingw-w64-x86_64-pcre2 mingw-w64-x86_64-rust mingw-w64-x86_64-jansson unzip p7zip python-setuptools mingw-w64-x86_64-python-yaml mingw-w64-x86_64-jq mingw-w64-x86_64-libxml2
       # hack: install our own cbindgen system wide as we can't get the
       # preinstalled one to be picked up by configure
       - name: cbindgen
@@ -3194,7 +3168,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           msystem: MINGW64
           update: true
-          install: git mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain automake1.16 automake-wrapper autoconf libtool libyaml-devel pcre2-devel jansson-devel make mingw-w64-x86_64-libyaml mingw-w64-x86_64-pcre2 mingw-w64-x86_64-rust mingw-w64-x86_64-jansson unzip p7zip python-setuptools mingw-w64-x86_64-python-yaml mingw-w64-x86_64-jq mingw-w64-x86_64-libxml2 libpcap-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-libpcap mingw-w64-x86_64-lua
+          install: git mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain automake1.16 automake-wrapper autoconf libtool libyaml-devel pcre2-devel jansson-devel make mingw-w64-x86_64-libyaml mingw-w64-x86_64-pcre2 mingw-w64-x86_64-rust mingw-w64-x86_64-jansson unzip p7zip python-setuptools mingw-w64-x86_64-python-yaml mingw-w64-x86_64-jq mingw-w64-x86_64-libxml2 libpcap-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-libpcap
       # hack: install our own cbindgen system wide as we can't get the
       # preinstalled one to be picked up by configure
       - name: cbindgen
@@ -3238,7 +3212,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           msystem: MINGW64
           update: true
-          install: git mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain automake1.16 automake-wrapper autoconf libtool libyaml-devel pcre2-devel jansson-devel make mingw-w64-x86_64-libyaml mingw-w64-x86_64-pcre2 mingw-w64-x86_64-rust mingw-w64-x86_64-jansson unzip p7zip python-setuptools mingw-w64-x86_64-python-yaml mingw-w64-x86_64-jq mingw-w64-x86_64-libxml2 libpcap-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-libpcap mingw-w64-x86_64-lua
+          install: git mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain automake1.16 automake-wrapper autoconf libtool libyaml-devel pcre2-devel jansson-devel make mingw-w64-x86_64-libyaml mingw-w64-x86_64-pcre2 mingw-w64-x86_64-rust mingw-w64-x86_64-jansson unzip p7zip python-setuptools mingw-w64-x86_64-python-yaml mingw-w64-x86_64-jq mingw-w64-x86_64-libxml2 libpcap-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-libpcap
       # hack: install our own cbindgen system wide as we can't get the
       # preinstalled one to be picked up by configure
       - name: cbindgen
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 7f946046ee..b7db5b86dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ jobs:
        sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
        sudo apt-get install libpcre2-dev
        sudo apt-get install libjansson-dev
-       sudo apt-get install liblua5.4-dev
        sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
        sudo apt-get install libnuma-dev
        git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OISF/libhtp.git
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/rust-checks.yml
index 56c74273b3..142832f4d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust-checks.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ jobs:
                 git \
                 jansson-devel \
                 jq \
-                lua-devel \
                 libtool \
                 libyaml-devel \
                 libnfnetlink-devel \
@@ -141,7 +140,6 @@ jobs:
                 git \
                 jansson-devel \
                 jq \
-                lua-devel \
                 libtool \
                 libyaml-devel \
                 libnfnetlink-devel \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index e3bd82d12d..7807662d5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ jobs:
                 git \
                 jansson-devel \
                 jq \
-                lua-devel \
                 libtool \
                 libyaml-devel \
                 libnfnetlink-devel \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scan-build.yml b/.github/workflows/scan-build.yml
index 2cad3ff152..8db811df12 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scan-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scan-build.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ jobs:
                 libnuma-dev \
                 libhiredis-dev \
                 libhyperscan-dev \
-                liblua5.4-dev \
                 libjansson-dev \
                 libevent-dev \
                 libevent-pthreads-2.1-7 \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a736614d1e..242862722a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -243,9 +243,6 @@
     #check for os
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([host os])
 
-    # Default lua libname if not detected otherwise.
-    LUA_LIB_NAME="lua5.4"
-
     # If no host os was detected, try with uname
     if test -z "$host" ; then
         host="`uname`"
@@ -259,7 +256,6 @@
     e_magic_file_comment="#"
     case "$host" in
         *-*-*freebsd*)
-            LUA_LIB_NAME="lua-5.4"
             CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -DOS_FREEBSD"
             CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/libnet11"
             LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib/libnet11"
@@ -272,7 +268,6 @@
             RUST_LDADD="-lm -lc++ -lc++abi"
             ;;
         *darwin*|*Darwin*)
-            LUA_LIB_NAME="lua-5.4"
             CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -DOS_DARWIN"
             CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -I/opt/local/include"
             LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L/opt/local/lib -framework Security"
@@ -293,7 +288,6 @@
             TRY_WPCAP="yes"
             ;;
         *-*-cygwin)
-            LUA_LIB_NAME="lua"
             WINDOWS_PATH="yes"
             TRY_WPCAP="yes"
             ;;
@@ -1877,120 +1871,11 @@
         fi
     fi
 
-  # liblua
-    AC_ARG_ENABLE(lua,
-            AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-lua],[Disable Lua support]),
-                [ enable_lua="$enableval"],
-                [ enable_lua="yes"])
-
-    AC_ARG_WITH(liblua_includes,
-            [  --with-liblua-includes=DIR  liblua include directory],
-            [with_liblua_includes="$withval"],[with_liblua_includes="no"])
-    AC_ARG_WITH(liblua_libraries,
-            [  --with-liblua-libraries=DIR    liblua library directory],
-            [with_liblua_libraries="$withval"],[with_liblua_libraries="no"])
-
-    if test "$enable_lua" = "yes"; then
-        if test "$with_liblua_includes" != "no"; then
-            CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -I${with_liblua_includes}"
-        else
-            # lua lua54 lua5.4 lua-5.4
-            PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LUA], [lua], [LUA="yes"], [
-                PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LUA], [lua5.4], [LUA="yes"], [
-                    PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LUA], [lua-5.4], [LUA="yes"], [
-                        PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LUA], [lua54], [LUA="yes"], [
-                            LUA="no"
-                        ])
-                    ])
-                ])
-            ])
-            CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} ${LUA_CFLAGS}"
-        fi
-
-        AC_CHECK_HEADER(lualib.h,LUA="yes",LUA="no")
-        if test "$LUA" = "yes"; then
-            if test "$with_liblua_libraries" != "no"; then
-                LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}  -L${with_liblua_libraries}"
-                AC_CHECK_LIB(${LUA_LIB_NAME}, luaL_openlibs,, LUA="no")
-                if test "$LUA" = "no"; then
-                    echo
-                    echo "   ERROR!  liblua library not found, go get it"
-                    echo "   from http://lua.org/index.html or your distribution:"
-                    echo
-                    echo "   Ubuntu: apt-get install liblua5.4-dev"
-                    echo "   Fedora: dnf install lua-devel"
-                    echo "   CentOS/RHEL: yum install lua-devel"
-                    echo
-                    echo "   If you installed software in a non-standard prefix"
-                    echo "   consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable"
-                    echo "   or use --with-liblua-libraries configure option."
-                    echo
-                    exit 1
-                fi
-            else
-                # lua lua54 lua5.4 lua-5.4
-                PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LUA], [lua], [LUA="yes"], [
-                    PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LUA], [lua5.4], [LUA="yes"], [
-                        PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LUA], [lua-5.4], [LUA="yes"], [
-                            PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LUA], [lua54], [LUA="yes"], [
-                                LUA="no"
-                            ])
-                        ])
-                    ])
-                ])
-                LIBS="${LIBS} ${LUA_LIBS}"
-            fi
-
-            if test "$LUA" = "no"; then
-                AC_CHECK_LIB(lua, luaL_openlibs,, LUA="no")
-            fi
-
-            if test "$LUA" = "yes"; then
-                AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LUA],[1],[liblua available])
-                enable_lua="yes"
-            fi
-        else
-            echo
-                echo "   ERROR!  liblua headers not found, go get them"
-                echo "   from http://lua.org/index.html or your distribution:"
-                echo
-                echo "   Ubuntu: apt-get install liblua5.4-dev"
-                echo "   Fedora: dnf install lua-devel"
-                echo "   CentOS/RHEL: yum install lua-devel"
-                echo
-                echo "   If you installed software in a non-standard prefix"
-                echo "   consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable"
-                echo "   or use --with-liblua-includes and --with-liblua-libraries"
-                echo "   configure option."
-                echo
-                exit 1
-        fi
-    fi
-
-    AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_LUA], [test "x$enable_lua" != "xno"])
-
-    # If Lua is enabled, test the integer size.
-    if test "x$enable_lua" = "xyes" -a "$cross_compiling" != "yes"; then
-        TMPLIBS="$LIBS"
-        LIBS=""
-
-        AC_MSG_CHECKING([size of lua integer])
-        AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <lua.h>]],
-            [[
-            if (sizeof(lua_Integer) == 8) {
-                return 1;
-            }
-            return 0;
-            ]])],
-            [
-                AC_MSG_RESULT([4])
-            ],
-            [
-                AC_MSG_RESULT([8])
-                AC_SUBST([LUA_INT8], ["lua_int8"])
-            ])
-        LIBS="$TMPLIBS"
-    fi
+  # Lua support, always enabled
+  # TODO: Update the code to not require this.
+    AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LUA], [1], [lua support available])
+    AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_LUA], [true])
+    AC_SUBST([LUA_INT8], ["lua_int8"])
 
   # libmaxminddb
     AC_ARG_ENABLE(geoip,
@@ -2284,7 +2169,7 @@ fi
     fi
     RUST_SURICATA_LIB="${RUST_SURICATA_LIBDIR}/${RUST_SURICATA_LIBNAME}"
 
-    CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -I\${srcdir}/../rust/gen -I\${srcdir}/../rust/dist"
+    CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -I\${srcdir}/../rust/gen -I\${srcdir}/../rust/dist -I../rust/gen"
     AC_SUBST(RUST_SURICATA_LIB)
     AC_SUBST(RUST_LDADD)
     if test "x$CARGO_HOME" = "x"; then
diff --git a/doc/userguide/install.rst b/doc/userguide/install.rst
index 49885c99e5..cf9c6c03fe 100644
--- a/doc/userguide/install.rst
+++ b/doc/userguide/install.rst
@@ -109,10 +109,9 @@ Recommended::
     sudo apt-get install autoconf automake build-essential ccache clang curl git \
                     gosu jq libbpf-dev libcap-ng0 libcap-ng-dev libelf-dev \
                     libevent-dev libgeoip-dev libhiredis-dev libjansson-dev \
-                    liblua5.4-dev libmagic-dev libnet1-dev libpcap-dev \
-                    libpcre2-dev libtool libyaml-0-2 libyaml-dev m4 make \
-                    pkg-config python3 python3-dev python3-yaml sudo zlib1g \
-                    zlib1g-dev
+                    libmagic-dev libnet1-dev libpcap-dev libpcre2-dev libtool \
+                    libyaml-0-2 libyaml-dev m4 make pkg-config python3 \
+                    python3-dev python3-yaml sudo zlib1g zlib1g-dev
     cargo install --force cbindgen
 
 Extra for iptables/nftables IPS integration::
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.lock.in b/rust/Cargo.lock.in
index 5d7021aac7..f3b1a2eace 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.lock.in
+++ b/rust/Cargo.lock.in
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "asn1-rs-impl",
  "displaydoc",
  "nom",
- "num-traits 0.2.17",
+ "num-traits 0.2.18",
  "rusticata-macros",
  "thiserror",
  "time",
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7378575ff571966e99a744addeff0bff98b8ada0dedf1956d59e634db95eaac1"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.69",
- "quote 1.0.33",
- "syn 2.0.39",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.80",
+ "quote 1.0.36",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
  "synstructure 0.13.1",
 ]
 
@@ -101,16 +101,16 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7b18050c2cd6fe86c3a76584ef5e0baf286d038cda203eb6223df2cc413565f7"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.69",
- "quote 1.0.33",
- "syn 2.0.39",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.80",
+ "quote 1.0.36",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
+checksum = "f1fdabc7756949593fe60f30ec81974b613357de856987752631dea1e3394c80"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
@@ -192,9 +192,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cpufeatures"
-version = "0.2.11"
+version = "0.2.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ce420fe07aecd3e67c5f910618fe65e94158f6dcc0adf44e00d69ce2bdfe0fd0"
+checksum = "53fe5e26ff1b7aef8bca9c6080520cfb8d9333c7568e1829cef191a9723e5504"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "crc32fast"
-version = "1.3.2"
+version = "1.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b540bd8bc810d3885c6ea91e2018302f68baba2129ab3e88f32389ee9370880d"
+checksum = "b3855a8a784b474f333699ef2bbca9db2c4a1f6d9088a90a2d25b1eb53111eaa"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
@@ -238,9 +238,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "data-encoding"
-version = "2.4.0"
+version = "2.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c2e66c9d817f1720209181c316d28635c050fa304f9c79e47a520882661b7308"
+checksum = "7e962a19be5cfc3f3bf6dd8f61eb50107f356ad6270fbb3ed41476571db78be5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "der-parser"
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "displaydoc",
  "nom",
  "num-bigint 0.4.4",
- "num-traits 0.2.17",
+ "num-traits 0.2.18",
  "rusticata-macros",
 ]
 
@@ -273,9 +273,9 @@ version = "0.2.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "487585f4d0c6655fe74905e2504d8ad6908e4db67f744eb140876906c2f3175d"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.69",
- "quote 1.0.33",
- "syn 2.0.39",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.80",
+ "quote 1.0.36",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ version = "0.1.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "aa4da3c766cd7a0db8242e326e9e4e081edd567072893ed320008189715366a4"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.69",
- "quote 1.0.33",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.80",
+ "quote 1.0.36",
  "syn 1.0.109",
  "synstructure 0.12.6",
 ]
@@ -318,6 +318,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "miniz_oxide",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fs_extra"
+version = "1.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "42703706b716c37f96a77aea830392ad231f44c9e9a67872fa5548707e11b11c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "generic-array"
 version = "0.14.7"
@@ -330,9 +336,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.2.11"
+version = "0.2.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fe9006bed769170c11f845cf00c7c1e9092aeb3f268e007c3e760ac68008070f"
+checksum = "94b22e06ecb0110981051723910cbf0b5f5e09a2062dd7663334ee79a9d1286c"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
@@ -357,9 +363,9 @@ checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hkdf"
-version = "0.12.3"
+version = "0.12.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "791a029f6b9fc27657f6f188ec6e5e43f6911f6f878e0dc5501396e09809d437"
+checksum = "7b5f8eb2ad728638ea2c7d47a21db23b7b58a72ed6a38256b8a1849f15fbbdf7"
 dependencies = [
  "hmac",
 ]
@@ -385,9 +391,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
-version = "1.0.9"
+version = "1.0.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "af150ab688ff2122fcef229be89cb50dd66af9e01a4ff320cc137eecc9bacc38"
+checksum = "49f1f14873335454500d59611f1cf4a4b0f786f9ac11f4312a78e4cf2566695b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kerberos-parser"
@@ -408,9 +414,9 @@ checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.150"
+version = "0.2.153"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "89d92a4743f9a61002fae18374ed11e7973f530cb3a3255fb354818118b2203c"
+checksum = "9c198f91728a82281a64e1f4f9eeb25d82cb32a5de251c6bd1b5154d63a8e7bd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lzma-rs"
@@ -446,9 +452,9 @@ checksum = "68354c5c6bd36d73ff3feceb05efa59b6acb7626617f4962be322a825e61f79a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "miniz_oxide"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e7810e0be55b428ada41041c41f32c9f1a42817901b4ccf45fa3d4b6561e74c7"
+checksum = "9d811f3e15f28568be3407c8e7fdb6514c1cda3cb30683f15b6a1a1dc4ea14a7"
 dependencies = [
  "adler",
 ]
@@ -480,8 +486,8 @@ version = "0.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cd0b9a93a84b0d3ec3e70e02d332dc33ac6dfac9cde63e17fcb77172dededa62"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.69",
- "quote 1.0.33",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.80",
+ "quote 1.0.36",
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
@@ -506,7 +512,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-integer",
  "num-iter",
  "num-rational",
- "num-traits 0.2.17",
+ "num-traits 0.2.18",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -517,7 +523,7 @@ checksum = "090c7f9998ee0ff65aa5b723e4009f7b217707f1fb5ea551329cc4d6231fb304"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
  "num-integer",
- "num-traits 0.2.17",
+ "num-traits 0.2.18",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -528,7 +534,7 @@ checksum = "608e7659b5c3d7cba262d894801b9ec9d00de989e8a82bd4bef91d08da45cdc0"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
  "num-integer",
- "num-traits 0.2.17",
+ "num-traits 0.2.18",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -538,7 +544,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b6b19411a9719e753aff12e5187b74d60d3dc449ec3f4dc21e3989c3f554bc95"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
- "num-traits 0.2.17",
+ "num-traits 0.2.18",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -554,23 +560,22 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-integer"
-version = "0.1.45"
+version = "0.1.46"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "225d3389fb3509a24c93f5c29eb6bde2586b98d9f016636dff58d7c6f7569cd9"
+checksum = "7969661fd2958a5cb096e56c8e1ad0444ac2bbcd0061bd28660485a44879858f"
 dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
- "num-traits 0.2.17",
+ "num-traits 0.2.18",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-iter"
-version = "0.1.43"
+version = "0.1.44"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7d03e6c028c5dc5cac6e2dec0efda81fc887605bb3d884578bb6d6bf7514e252"
+checksum = "d869c01cc0c455284163fd0092f1f93835385ccab5a98a0dcc497b2f8bf055a9"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
  "num-integer",
- "num-traits 0.2.17",
+ "num-traits 0.2.18",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -582,7 +587,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
  "num-bigint 0.2.6",
  "num-integer",
- "num-traits 0.2.17",
+ "num-traits 0.2.18",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -591,14 +596,14 @@ version = "0.1.43"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "92e5113e9fd4cc14ded8e499429f396a20f98c772a47cc8622a736e1ec843c31"
 dependencies = [
- "num-traits 0.2.17",
+ "num-traits 0.2.18",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.17"
+version = "0.2.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
+checksum = "da0df0e5185db44f69b44f26786fe401b6c293d1907744beaa7fa62b2e5a517a"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
@@ -619,8 +624,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dcbff9bc912032c62bf65ef1d5aea88983b420f4f839db1e9b0c281a25c9c799"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-crate",
- "proc-macro2 1.0.69",
- "quote 1.0.33",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.80",
+ "quote 1.0.36",
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
@@ -635,9 +640,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opaque-debug"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "624a8340c38c1b80fd549087862da4ba43e08858af025b236e509b6649fc13d5"
+checksum = "c08d65885ee38876c4f86fa503fb49d7b507c2b62552df7c70b2fce627e06381"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "phf"
@@ -716,9 +721,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.69"
+version = "1.0.80"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
+checksum = "a56dea16b0a29e94408b9aa5e2940a4eedbd128a1ba20e8f7ae60fd3d465af0e"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -734,11 +739,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
-version = "1.0.33"
+version = "1.0.36"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5267fca4496028628a95160fc423a33e8b2e6af8a5302579e322e4b520293cae"
+checksum = "0fa76aaf39101c457836aec0ce2316dbdc3ab723cdda1c6bd4e6ad4208acaca7"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.69",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.80",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -799,9 +804,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustversion"
-version = "1.0.14"
+version = "1.0.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7ffc183a10b4478d04cbbbfc96d0873219d962dd5accaff2ffbd4ceb7df837f4"
+checksum = "80af6f9131f277a45a3fba6ce8e2258037bb0477a67e610d3c1fe046ab31de47"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sawp"
@@ -828,8 +833,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49a585d3c22887d23bb06dd602b8ce96c2a716e1fa89beec8bfb49e466f2d643"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-crate",
- "proc-macro2 1.0.69",
- "quote 1.0.33",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.80",
+ "quote 1.0.36",
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
@@ -847,22 +852,22 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.192"
+version = "1.0.197"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bca2a08484b285dcb282d0f67b26cadc0df8b19f8c12502c13d966bf9482f001"
+checksum = "3fb1c873e1b9b056a4dc4c0c198b24c3ffa059243875552b2bd0933b1aee4ce2"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.192"
+version = "1.0.197"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d6c7207fbec9faa48073f3e3074cbe553af6ea512d7c21ba46e434e70ea9fbc1"
+checksum = "7eb0b34b42edc17f6b7cac84a52a1c5f0e1bb2227e997ca9011ea3dd34e8610b"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.69",
- "quote 1.0.33",
- "syn 2.0.39",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.80",
+ "quote 1.0.36",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -940,7 +945,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ntp-parser",
  "num",
  "num-derive",
- "num-traits 0.2.17",
+ "num-traits 0.2.18",
  "regex",
  "sawp",
  "sawp-modbus",
@@ -948,6 +953,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2",
  "snmp-parser",
  "suricata-derive",
+ "suricata-lua-sys",
  "test-case",
  "time",
  "tls-parser",
@@ -961,11 +967,19 @@ name = "suricata-derive"
 version = "8.0.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-crate",
- "proc-macro2 1.0.69",
- "quote 1.0.33",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.80",
+ "quote 1.0.36",
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "suricata-lua-sys"
+version = "0.1.0-alpha.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/jasonish/suricata-lua-sys#cb449d352da17e5ef120f0b6b031dbe63ae64f06"
+dependencies = [
+ "fs_extra",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "0.15.44"
@@ -983,19 +997,19 @@ version = "1.0.109"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "72b64191b275b66ffe2469e8af2c1cfe3bafa67b529ead792a6d0160888b4237"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.69",
- "quote 1.0.33",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.80",
+ "quote 1.0.36",
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.39"
+version = "2.0.59"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+checksum = "4a6531ffc7b071655e4ce2e04bd464c4830bb585a61cabb96cf808f05172615a"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.69",
- "quote 1.0.33",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.80",
+ "quote 1.0.36",
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
@@ -1005,8 +1019,8 @@ version = "0.12.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f36bdaa60a83aca3921b5259d5400cbf5e90fc51931376a9bd4a0eb79aa7210f"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.69",
- "quote 1.0.33",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.80",
+ "quote 1.0.36",
  "syn 1.0.109",
  "unicode-xid 0.2.4",
 ]
@@ -1017,9 +1031,9 @@ version = "0.13.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c8af7666ab7b6390ab78131fb5b0fce11d6b7a6951602017c35fa82800708971"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.69",
- "quote 1.0.33",
- "syn 2.0.39",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.80",
+ "quote 1.0.36",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1038,9 +1052,9 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "adcb7fd841cd518e279be3d5a3eb0636409487998a4aff22f3de87b81e88384f"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "proc-macro2 1.0.69",
- "quote 1.0.33",
- "syn 2.0.39",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.80",
+ "quote 1.0.36",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1049,30 +1063,30 @@ version = "3.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5c89e72a01ed4c579669add59014b9a524d609c0c88c6a585ce37485879f6ffb"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.69",
- "quote 1.0.33",
- "syn 2.0.39",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.80",
+ "quote 1.0.36",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
  "test-case-core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
-version = "1.0.50"
+version = "1.0.58"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f9a7210f5c9a7156bb50aa36aed4c95afb51df0df00713949448cf9e97d382d2"
+checksum = "03468839009160513471e86a034bb2c5c0e4baae3b43f79ffc55c4a5427b3297"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror-impl",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "1.0.50"
+version = "1.0.58"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "266b2e40bc00e5a6c09c3584011e08b06f123c00362c92b975ba9843aaaa14b8"
+checksum = "c61f3ba182994efc43764a46c018c347bc492c79f024e705f46567b418f6d4f7"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.69",
- "quote 1.0.33",
- "syn 2.0.39",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.80",
+ "quote 1.0.36",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml.in b/rust/Cargo.toml.in
index e53d50054f..afb1060af1 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml.in
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml.in
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ time = "=0.3.20"
 
 suricata-derive = { path = "./derive", version = "@PACKAGE_VERSION@" }
 
+suricata-lua-sys = { git = "https://github.com/jasonish/suricata-lua-sys", version = "0.1.0-alpha.1" }
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 test-case = "~3.3.1"
 hex = "~0.4.3"
diff --git a/rust/Makefile.am b/rust/Makefile.am
index 29cb05577a..b90d0332f5 100644
--- a/rust/Makefile.am
+++ b/rust/Makefile.am
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ endif
 			$(RUST_SURICATA_LIBDIR)/${RUST_SURICATA_LIBNAME}; \
 	fi
 	$(MAKE) gen/rust-bindings.h
+	mkdir -p $(abs_top_builddir)/rust/gen
+	cp -a $(RUST_SURICATA_LIBDIR)/build/suricata-lua-sys-*/out/lua/*.h \
+		$(abs_top_builddir)/rust/gen/
 
 install-library:
 	$(MKDIR_P) "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)"
@@ -92,7 +95,8 @@ vendor:
 
 if HAVE_CBINDGEN
 gen/rust-bindings.h: $(RUST_SURICATA_LIB)
-	cbindgen --config $(abs_top_srcdir)/rust/cbindgen.toml \
+	cd $(abs_top_srcdir)/rust && \
+		cbindgen --config $(abs_top_srcdir)/rust/cbindgen.toml \
 		--quiet --verify --output $(abs_top_builddir)/rust/gen/rust-bindings.h || true
 else
 gen/rust-bindings.h:
diff --git a/rust/src/lib.rs b/rust/src/lib.rs
index 9b434ce61a..0b705d3c3f 100644
--- a/rust/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/src/lib.rs
@@ -124,3 +124,6 @@ pub mod util;
 pub mod ffi;
 pub mod feature;
 pub mod sdp;
+
+#[allow(unused_imports)]
+pub use suricata_lua_sys;
diff --git a/src/suricata-common.h b/src/suricata-common.h
index da4b933cf7..1f3c6341e5 100644
--- a/src/suricata-common.h
+++ b/src/suricata-common.h
@@ -494,19 +494,9 @@ typedef enum {
     LOGGER_JSON_ARP,
 } LoggerId;
 
-#ifndef HAVE_LUA
-
 /* If we don't have Lua, create a typedef for lua_State so the
  * exported Lua functions don't fail the build. */
-typedef void lua_State;
-
-#else
-
-#include <lua.h>
-#include <lualib.h>
-#include <lauxlib.h>
-
-#endif
+typedef struct lua_State lua_State;
 
 #include "tm-threads-common.h"
 #include "util-optimize.h"
diff --git a/src/util-lua.h b/src/util-lua.h
index ef15d93652..dd069384d5 100644
--- a/src/util-lua.h
+++ b/src/util-lua.h
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
 typedef void lua_State;
 
 #else
+
+#include "lua.h"
+#include "lualib.h"
+#include "lauxlib.h"
+
 #include "threadvars.h"
 #include "detect.h"