diff --git a/package/python-evdev/python-evdev.hash b/package/python-evdev/python-evdev.hash
index 9a6d0d07be..afa74c792b 100644
--- a/package/python-evdev/python-evdev.hash
+++ b/package/python-evdev/python-evdev.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/evdev/json
-md5  905b12ef6136b518ddf418d8d5b053e4  evdev-1.6.1.tar.gz
-sha256  299db8628cc73b237fc1cc57d3c2948faa0756e2a58b6194b5bf81dc2081f1e3  evdev-1.6.1.tar.gz
+md5  c20a623d2d05fd87c1f46d736ee9c3cc  evdev-1.7.1.tar.gz
+sha256  0c72c370bda29d857e188d931019c32651a9c1ea977c08c8d939b1ced1637fde  evdev-1.7.1.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  55fd76d7b3f90d312f161d318631b93c58a0e69d662d07c4f5aca2c6c9ecc85e  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-evdev/python-evdev.mk b/package/python-evdev/python-evdev.mk
index b509b43e8a..269b290dca 100644
--- a/package/python-evdev/python-evdev.mk
+++ b/package/python-evdev/python-evdev.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_EVDEV_VERSION = 1.6.1
+PYTHON_EVDEV_VERSION = 1.7.1
 PYTHON_EVDEV_SOURCE = evdev-$(PYTHON_EVDEV_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_EVDEV_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/05/50/629b011a7f61cb2fca754ea8631575784bf8605a1ec4d6970a010bc54e2b
+PYTHON_EVDEV_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/12/bb/f622a8a5e64d46ca83020a761877c0ead19140903c9aaf1431f3c531fdf6
 PYTHON_EVDEV_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_EVDEV_LICENSE = Revised BSD License
 PYTHON_EVDEV_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE