diff --git a/package/python-markdown2/python-markdown2.hash b/package/python-markdown2/python-markdown2.hash
index cef737c2e3..f5c2adb0e1 100644
--- a/package/python-markdown2/python-markdown2.hash
+++ b/package/python-markdown2/python-markdown2.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/markdown2/json
-md5  4f9f633a30dd452fa4bb764f39fb0d3c  markdown2-2.5.0.tar.gz
-sha256  9bff02911f8b617b61eb269c4c1a5f9b2087d7ff051604f66a61b63cab30adc2  markdown2-2.5.0.tar.gz
+md5  1b6f79fa3baea447e6b4dda5132e2fbc  markdown2-2.5.1.tar.gz
+sha256  12fc04ea5a87f7bb4b65acf5bf3af1183b20838cc7d543b74c92ec7eea4bbc74  markdown2-2.5.1.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  f8c7c4d554409cf621b8d653dbfffb719745fd36f5c49b8305258649b403ef9c  LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/package/python-markdown2/python-markdown2.mk b/package/python-markdown2/python-markdown2.mk
index b3d30cacde..228c5d0eff 100644
--- a/package/python-markdown2/python-markdown2.mk
+++ b/package/python-markdown2/python-markdown2.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_MARKDOWN2_VERSION = 2.5.0
+PYTHON_MARKDOWN2_VERSION = 2.5.1
 PYTHON_MARKDOWN2_SOURCE = markdown2-$(PYTHON_MARKDOWN2_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_MARKDOWN2_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/da/00/3c708de5bffa0494daf894d2e8e2b6165f866ef3ae7939546fae039b5f0e
+PYTHON_MARKDOWN2_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/05/92/22e3645e352562ea9bfc89aeaeb9a76feb79e20907b18bc25d5ca340b50f
 PYTHON_MARKDOWN2_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_MARKDOWN2_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_MARKDOWN2_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.txt