diff --git a/package/python-evdev/python-evdev.hash b/package/python-evdev/python-evdev.hash
index d31e236989..733c0c9cda 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  a38ac9e2297940430bb27cea41be964e  evdev-1.8.0.tar.gz
-sha256  45598eee1ae3876a3122ca1dc0ec8049c01931672d12478b5c610afc24e47d75  evdev-1.8.0.tar.gz
+md5  c1440732b435dad5796bbb8e91d0340b  evdev-1.9.0.tar.gz
+sha256  38218bc95507cad756bc621a5fe7a77a41eb8d9c1213855de8e4ba0aba28e79f  evdev-1.9.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  d4554960d6496150c88c1fd02d7973121a9a57b961ea58fe349fbf8ada3816b2  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-evdev/python-evdev.mk b/package/python-evdev/python-evdev.mk
index f465aff933..d24974a037 100644
--- a/package/python-evdev/python-evdev.mk
+++ b/package/python-evdev/python-evdev.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_EVDEV_VERSION = 1.8.0
+PYTHON_EVDEV_VERSION = 1.9.0
 PYTHON_EVDEV_SOURCE = evdev-$(PYTHON_EVDEV_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_EVDEV_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/4c/eb/b8900082a13a47bb9f69f415174d03cbf12ce95d07345722e1f4ef0e2093
+PYTHON_EVDEV_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/8c/bf/0fe4d372ee62fe5aec06aae2e97c0603d131b8e3cbaffa2329e0bd763a98
 PYTHON_EVDEV_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_EVDEV_LICENSE = Revised BSD License
 PYTHON_EVDEV_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE