diff --git a/package/python-simplejson/python-simplejson.hash b/package/python-simplejson/python-simplejson.hash
index 2601899777..86aff48b00 100644
--- a/package/python-simplejson/python-simplejson.hash
+++ b/package/python-simplejson/python-simplejson.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/simplejson/json
-md5  ceb8e049dc1d531998d321f6c1bc4e08  simplejson-4.1.2.tar.gz
-sha256  6ae4186f90362e9c03c80a1cd5062a20f3a11ac9d391f7ee0ef0701a0e2b7394  simplejson-4.1.2.tar.gz
+md5  a6aa722d12683cbdc7329cfa7b8728ea  simplejson-4.2.0.tar.gz
+sha256  55b121b70a560f4610bd3a355ab2015aca4f39978f6a82353f24d2013fe85861  simplejson-4.2.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  fcaa1e313a99304322e2e0836ea4ee7d839ce9a480438f3922a853edfdde129f  LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/package/python-simplejson/python-simplejson.mk b/package/python-simplejson/python-simplejson.mk
index 8e6024bc45..992bb79884 100644
--- a/package/python-simplejson/python-simplejson.mk
+++ b/package/python-simplejson/python-simplejson.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_SIMPLEJSON_VERSION = 4.1.2
+PYTHON_SIMPLEJSON_VERSION = 4.2.0
 PYTHON_SIMPLEJSON_SOURCE = simplejson-$(PYTHON_SIMPLEJSON_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_SIMPLEJSON_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f1/e3/1cc7dbf4deebc16e9dc42db37f473b5b612d021eb10e69974be308425171
+PYTHON_SIMPLEJSON_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/2f/f0/ea064bba6c9afda0168ddb834f1c75a93351031e25aee35c046108e7f292
 PYTHON_SIMPLEJSON_LICENSE = Academic Free License (AFL), MIT
 PYTHON_SIMPLEJSON_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.txt
 PYTHON_SIMPLEJSON_CPE_ID_VENDOR = simplejson_project