diff --git a/package/python-websockets/python-websockets.hash b/package/python-websockets/python-websockets.hash
index 448aa69e19..63ead47a25 100644
--- a/package/python-websockets/python-websockets.hash
+++ b/package/python-websockets/python-websockets.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/websockets/json
-md5  eca5d5bbef505b977ea84d6799f8fa89  websockets-16.0.tar.gz
-sha256  5f6261a5e56e8d5c42a4497b364ea24d94d9563e8fbd44e78ac40879c60179b5  websockets-16.0.tar.gz
+md5  1d11b405b284374774d43bb70a6faf92  websockets-17.1.tar.gz
+sha256  acfea4c20bf54384883ea33b1240fc1db4f52e190823a4e2b334bc3e8bfca96a  websockets-17.1.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  3d6a0c050d8bec52fabad502e45fb25bd02bcadbd70dea34d447b6a0ff4e6da8  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-websockets/python-websockets.mk b/package/python-websockets/python-websockets.mk
index b7b8d26e2b..35d1b9f824 100644
--- a/package/python-websockets/python-websockets.mk
+++ b/package/python-websockets/python-websockets.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_WEBSOCKETS_VERSION = 16.0
+PYTHON_WEBSOCKETS_VERSION = 17.1
 PYTHON_WEBSOCKETS_SOURCE = websockets-$(PYTHON_WEBSOCKETS_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_WEBSOCKETS_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/04/24/4b2031d72e840ce4c1ccb255f693b15c334757fc50023e4db9537080b8c4
+PYTHON_WEBSOCKETS_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/18/72/fba934cb3dff7a85d811820efffcd141ddd52b5a2a01637f64551373ff4d
 PYTHON_WEBSOCKETS_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_WEBSOCKETS_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 PYTHON_WEBSOCKETS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE