diff --git a/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.hash b/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.hash
index 7f749938a1..85e0848b96 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  5908c5762f08d07310f081aa2d8397a2  pycares-4.0.0.tar.gz
-sha256  d0154fc5753b088758fbec9bc137e1b24bb84fc0c6a09725c8bac25a342311cd  pycares-4.0.0.tar.gz
+md5  9e66aa767a0afd681e2a797b835cad1d  pycares-4.1.2.tar.gz
+sha256  03490be0e7b51a0c8073f877bec347eff31003f64f57d9518d419d9369452837  pycares-4.1.2.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 b0abb1a41a..9be295d900 100644
--- a/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.mk
+++ b/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_PYCARES_VERSION = 4.0.0
+PYTHON_PYCARES_VERSION = 4.1.2
 PYTHON_PYCARES_SOURCE = pycares-$(PYTHON_PYCARES_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_PYCARES_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/25/5a/ed8cc3340b7e83a5e572b5d27387a968a7e52b1e3c269442076ca902b7ba
+PYTHON_PYCARES_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/83/61/17bd0cfb9c4dc8c3738484d604b50d47c78fe4fcfe0ca2c58a61a106f578
 PYTHON_PYCARES_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_PYCARES_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_PYCARES_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE