diff --git a/package/python-pyphen/python-pyphen.hash b/package/python-pyphen/python-pyphen.hash
index 4385fc0c9b..3bd71aa4e9 100644
--- a/package/python-pyphen/python-pyphen.hash
+++ b/package/python-pyphen/python-pyphen.hash
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/pyphen/json
-md5  ce57c010cca3a3b67275b393d2a8b6f2  pyphen-0.17.2.tar.gz
-sha256  f60647a9c9b30ec6c59910097af82bc5dd2d36576b918e44148d8b07ef3b4aa3  pyphen-0.17.2.tar.gz
+md5  b54265294e34995fa435ec9048044d15  pyphen-0.18.1.tar.gz
+sha256  dbae6fbbe4f01cb206108b43573d857c67107be9d0e38eb1b08d6fa2210634a7  pyphen-0.18.1.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  4fd1c78fcec632bc872ba7b42ba04be330029cfffa411039b48a4f2262bb8240  LICENSE
 sha256  2233a3eecf299bc271f1a9f57f0b3198343ad4ab16571d70320133002c51496b  COPYING.GPL
diff --git a/package/python-pyphen/python-pyphen.mk b/package/python-pyphen/python-pyphen.mk
index 8db0518aa4..5c4254610e 100644
--- a/package/python-pyphen/python-pyphen.mk
+++ b/package/python-pyphen/python-pyphen.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_PYPHEN_VERSION = 0.17.2
+PYTHON_PYPHEN_VERSION = 0.18.1
 PYTHON_PYPHEN_SOURCE = pyphen-$(PYTHON_PYPHEN_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_PYPHEN_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/69/56/e4d7e1bd70d997713649c5ce530b2d15a5fc2245a74ca820fc2d51d89d4d
+PYTHON_PYPHEN_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/94/47/8430452269cd28863d73b903d07d329d058cf762527ff211b3864ba61fc7
 PYTHON_PYPHEN_SETUP_TYPE = flit
 PYTHON_PYPHEN_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+, MPL-1.1, GPL-2.0+
 PYTHON_PYPHEN_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE COPYING.GPL COPYING.LGPL COPYING.MPL