diff --git a/package/python-watchdog/python-watchdog.hash b/package/python-watchdog/python-watchdog.hash
index 3b633f9156..59facb8fea 100644
--- a/package/python-watchdog/python-watchdog.hash
+++ b/package/python-watchdog/python-watchdog.hash
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/watchdog/json
-md5  6aac660b0f3358c63658806a0579b832  watchdog-2.1.6.tar.gz
-sha256  a36e75df6c767cbf46f61a91c70b3ba71811dfa0aca4a324d9407a06a8b7a2e7  watchdog-2.1.6.tar.gz
+md5  0e60e0a2d3a8c18ba37105f8b44de810  watchdog-2.1.9.tar.gz
+sha256  43ce20ebb36a51f21fa376f76d1d4692452b2527ccd601950d69ed36b9e21609  watchdog-2.1.9.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  02c8760f988a76e92a9d6cb525456a86f7b0fd1953870dd491de5955cb974d41  COPYING
 sha256  cfc7749b96f63bd31c3c42b5c471bf756814053e847c10f3eb003417bc523d30  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-watchdog/python-watchdog.mk b/package/python-watchdog/python-watchdog.mk
index 2dafef97e1..71a3f8a0c2 100644
--- a/package/python-watchdog/python-watchdog.mk
+++ b/package/python-watchdog/python-watchdog.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_WATCHDOG_VERSION = 2.1.6
+PYTHON_WATCHDOG_VERSION = 2.1.9
 PYTHON_WATCHDOG_SOURCE = watchdog-$(PYTHON_WATCHDOG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_WATCHDOG_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e8/a8/fc4edd7d768361b00ea850e5310211d157df6b5a1db6148dd434e787d898
+PYTHON_WATCHDOG_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/42/f7/da8e889f8626786eac9454e8d2718fc79359ed517be20cdd50c647167d39
 PYTHON_WATCHDOG_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_WATCHDOG_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 PYTHON_WATCHDOG_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE COPYING