diff --git a/package/python-distlib/python-distlib.hash b/package/python-distlib/python-distlib.hash
index 6cf3715865..d31ab90f09 100644
--- a/package/python-distlib/python-distlib.hash
+++ b/package/python-distlib/python-distlib.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/distlib/json
-md5  958df85785458fa326a07af4f9c1c328  distlib-0.3.9.tar.gz
-sha256  a60f20dea646b8a33f3e7772f74dc0b2d0772d2837ee1342a00645c81edf9403  distlib-0.3.9.tar.gz
+md5  555fd6076016da3a89ff9b959677eaa6  distlib-0.4.0.tar.gz
+sha256  feec40075be03a04501a973d81f633735b4b69f98b05450592310c0f401a4e0d  distlib-0.4.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  808e10c8a6ab8deb149ff9b3fb19f447a808094606d712a9ca57fead3552599d  LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/package/python-distlib/python-distlib.mk b/package/python-distlib/python-distlib.mk
index e95c28c518..d71896237d 100644
--- a/package/python-distlib/python-distlib.mk
+++ b/package/python-distlib/python-distlib.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_DISTLIB_VERSION = 0.3.9
+PYTHON_DISTLIB_VERSION = 0.4.0
 PYTHON_DISTLIB_SOURCE = distlib-$(PYTHON_DISTLIB_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_DISTLIB_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/0d/dd/1bec4c5ddb504ca60fc29472f3d27e8d4da1257a854e1d96742f15c1d02d
+PYTHON_DISTLIB_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/96/8e/709914eb2b5749865801041647dc7f4e6d00b549cfe88b65ca192995f07c
 PYTHON_DISTLIB_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_DISTLIB_LICENSE = PSF-2.0
 PYTHON_DISTLIB_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.txt