diff --git a/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.hash b/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.hash
index c77915987b..321434e299 100644
--- a/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.hash
+++ b/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/pycares/json
-md5  577c064ebf4b84fbd53890b4c0f86f5a  pycares-5.0.0.tar.gz
-sha256  62e38a6cce0f3dbfe6dfcccba10526255b3823a2a040b313afef7aa9b039ce03  pycares-5.0.0.tar.gz
+md5  36560432e7ebf6e9746080ca2ca7cf0f  pycares-5.0.1.tar.gz
+sha256  5a3c249c830432631439815f9a818463416f2a8cbdb1e988e78757de9ae75081  pycares-5.0.1.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  427bb3a5372024a26e2c290b24382512bcc7ca123431c4dd178dd613beea7eee  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.mk b/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.mk
index 0cb1eeda6f..cb645e60f0 100644
--- a/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.mk
+++ b/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_PYCARES_VERSION = 5.0.0
+PYTHON_PYCARES_VERSION = 5.0.1
 PYTHON_PYCARES_SOURCE = pycares-$(PYTHON_PYCARES_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_PYCARES_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/59/5d/b50bdc30026f350f1c4b0c4fb6b7543598f2bcc370308c5148c7019d9886
+PYTHON_PYCARES_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/df/a0/9c823651872e6a0face3f0311de2a40c8bbcb9c8dcb15680bd019ac56ac7
 PYTHON_PYCARES_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_PYCARES_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_PYCARES_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE