diff --git a/package/python-pyicu/python-pyicu.hash b/package/python-pyicu/python-pyicu.hash
index 81cdd4f459..ffb89bdd84 100644
--- a/package/python-pyicu/python-pyicu.hash
+++ b/package/python-pyicu/python-pyicu.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/pyicu/json
-md5  00715b86c27c150f48554a863688e878  pyicu-2.16.tar.gz
-sha256  42b3a8062e3b23e927ca727e6b5e1730d86c70279834e4887152895d2eb012d9  pyicu-2.16.tar.gz
+md5  1e2e506ece8f1343cb5174cfb94003a0  pyicu-2.16.1.tar.gz
+sha256  cafdc2bc6cfbb4b6e511dedeff37316f902af900993b576116b8243f4ad6478c  pyicu-2.16.1.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  00da5bf22f2386c4f6f07c734490e9b818c4dcf70e6ca49f594e9cec636b9c40  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-pyicu/python-pyicu.mk b/package/python-pyicu/python-pyicu.mk
index 9d3f5f6004..869f50dcd6 100644
--- a/package/python-pyicu/python-pyicu.mk
+++ b/package/python-pyicu/python-pyicu.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_PYICU_VERSION = 2.16
+PYTHON_PYICU_VERSION = 2.16.1
 PYTHON_PYICU_SOURCE = pyicu-$(PYTHON_PYICU_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_PYICU_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/11/c3/8d558b30deb33eb583c0bcae3e64d6db8316b69461a04bb9db5ff63d3f6e
+PYTHON_PYICU_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/51/a9/b68d8fad5b830146c42f08b444c716ec50f576cbc8f01e26f4da6e89fc7a
 PYTHON_PYICU_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_PYICU_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 PYTHON_PYICU_DEPENDENCIES = icu