diff --git a/package/python-pyalsa/python-pyalsa.hash b/package/python-pyalsa/python-pyalsa.hash
index c484313b96..655150a649 100644
--- a/package/python-pyalsa/python-pyalsa.hash
+++ b/package/python-pyalsa/python-pyalsa.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256 2771291a5d2cf700f0abbe6629ea37468d1463a01b2330d84ef976e1e918676c  pyalsa-1.1.6.tar.bz2
+sha256  327b29bad57b049571e3d1f63281fdd21df27447cb5e2eadf46b737fbcff6e69  pyalsa-1.2.6.tar.bz2
diff --git a/package/python-pyalsa/python-pyalsa.mk b/package/python-pyalsa/python-pyalsa.mk
index 74f0347d86..10d5293c2c 100644
--- a/package/python-pyalsa/python-pyalsa.mk
+++ b/package/python-pyalsa/python-pyalsa.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_PYALSA_VERSION = 1.1.6
+PYTHON_PYALSA_VERSION = 1.2.6
 PYTHON_PYALSA_SOURCE = pyalsa-$(PYTHON_PYALSA_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PYTHON_PYALSA_SITE = ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/pyalsa
 PYTHON_PYALSA_SETUP_TYPE = distutils