diff --git a/package/python-installer/python-installer.hash b/package/python-installer/python-installer.hash
index 68af457664..543bd0fa62 100644
--- a/package/python-installer/python-installer.hash
+++ b/package/python-installer/python-installer.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/installer/json
-md5  cf7b8f470620c54f2d28167fc80542a7  installer-0.4.0.tar.gz
-sha256  17d7ca174039fbd85f268e16042e3132ebb03d91e1bbe0f63b9ec6b40619414a  installer-0.4.0.tar.gz
+md5  bf17db5e6b58c4cfa33642f5348d3814  installer-0.5.1.tar.gz
+sha256  f970995ec2bb815e2fdaf7977b26b2091e1e386f0f42eafd5ac811953dc5d445  installer-0.5.1.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  37b8b9f2569892fa54406383d431169dbb2115980d78b7efba6eeae5664c484f  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-installer/python-installer.mk b/package/python-installer/python-installer.mk
index 82739a8003..862a251415 100644
--- a/package/python-installer/python-installer.mk
+++ b/package/python-installer/python-installer.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_INSTALLER_VERSION = 0.4.0
+PYTHON_INSTALLER_VERSION = 0.5.1
 PYTHON_INSTALLER_SOURCE = installer-$(PYTHON_INSTALLER_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_INSTALLER_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/71/9a/8d7c724b0d51336453e75f76b32de86b336ef26755c64119204f1f5b4388
+PYTHON_INSTALLER_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/74/b7/9187323cd732840f1cddd6a9f05961406636b50c799eef37c920b63110c0
 PYTHON_INSTALLER_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_INSTALLER_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 PYTHON_INSTALLER_SETUP_TYPE = distutils