diff --git a/package/python-apispec/python-apispec.hash b/package/python-apispec/python-apispec.hash
index 9c47a2c1a6..a11c7af9b6 100644
--- a/package/python-apispec/python-apispec.hash
+++ b/package/python-apispec/python-apispec.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/apispec/json
-md5  1aa13f34a226fca977d72f061360e96e  apispec-6.3.1.tar.gz
-sha256  b38e4479916d43f2b1e88ce15fc2fae93adf2e8d55cb59ec74ac66a827941483  apispec-6.3.1.tar.gz
+md5  6d4983057ff8ddb5d9ab328fec6abea0  apispec-6.6.1.tar.gz
+sha256  f5caa47cee75fe03b9c50b5594048b4c052eeca2c212e0dac12dbb6175d9a659  apispec-6.6.1.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
-sha256  a452afcef750956a8396f7e7a6f913a117d28ef99a13170c29dc74c3b7a95f29  LICENSE
+sha256  f345555ff39d6b573342781a6346a5202a8f14bce424fee41f910c6c5379cc7d  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-apispec/python-apispec.mk b/package/python-apispec/python-apispec.mk
index aee0e16840..f9b6682943 100644
--- a/package/python-apispec/python-apispec.mk
+++ b/package/python-apispec/python-apispec.mk
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_APISPEC_VERSION = 6.3.1
+PYTHON_APISPEC_VERSION = 6.6.1
 PYTHON_APISPEC_SOURCE = apispec-$(PYTHON_APISPEC_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_APISPEC_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ff/0c/e70aa981d8ebe2e8a500a85c923579ce3363feccd704268e6ff8053875dd
-PYTHON_APISPEC_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+PYTHON_APISPEC_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ab/5b/5d94e1ec6a8e487c026b2a7518dfb7ea90c4c82db48de33c227b7c9141fb
+PYTHON_APISPEC_SETUP_TYPE = flit
 PYTHON_APISPEC_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_APISPEC_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE