diff --git a/package/python-ujson/python-ujson.hash b/package/python-ujson/python-ujson.hash
index 58fa1b611f..0d5fff4145 100644
--- a/package/python-ujson/python-ujson.hash
+++ b/package/python-ujson/python-ujson.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/ujson/json
-md5  a1104b826ed8414130553e4482bd714d  ujson-5.12.0.tar.gz
-sha256  14b2e1eb528d77bc0f4c5bd1a7ebc05e02b5b41beefb7e8567c9675b8b13bcf4  ujson-5.12.0.tar.gz
+md5  0821265a819a657e8b9fc5147e4cb3b7  ujson-6.0.0.tar.gz
+sha256  80e23393feb707582e0ad495c397a4477b646d08094d2df64f7316f9fafd8aae  ujson-6.0.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  36866344f0a486541bd9800f1a407a056c0c214a82c658f059694daf3dc394d2  LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/package/python-ujson/python-ujson.mk b/package/python-ujson/python-ujson.mk
index 3893a205c8..11059ef2eb 100644
--- a/package/python-ujson/python-ujson.mk
+++ b/package/python-ujson/python-ujson.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_UJSON_VERSION = 5.12.0
+PYTHON_UJSON_VERSION = 6.0.0
 PYTHON_UJSON_SOURCE = ujson-$(PYTHON_UJSON_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_UJSON_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/cb/3e/c35530c5ffc25b71c59ae0cd7b8f99df37313daa162ce1e2f7925f7c2877
+PYTHON_UJSON_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/64/7c/e1fa3fb70b53192436d751b5cb671f0ee960baa188b8351a7fec735223d3
 PYTHON_UJSON_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_UJSON_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause, TCL
 PYTHON_UJSON_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.txt