diff --git a/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.hash b/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.hash
index 8d674490a8..d30b100d51 100644
--- a/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.hash
+++ b/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/fonttools/json
-md5  594a6c4d008aa227f0bc38ddcd121722  fonttools-4.55.5.tar.gz
-sha256  87afe2a1e81a55131bbae66f3f1718b1faee3218b1261abce036d7d189094c36  fonttools-4.55.5.tar.gz
+md5  00d1463e65eaff5bcb73e36272ff05a3  fonttools-4.55.6.tar.gz
+sha256  1beb4647a0df5ceaea48015656525eb8081af226fe96554089fd3b274d239ef0  fonttools-4.55.6.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  6787208f83f659ccbc2223b2fde952ffa6f7e8aca62f1a8a2bf5bc51bb1b2383  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.mk b/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.mk
index ca8ba46d76..7a1c9fedf2 100644
--- a/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.mk
+++ b/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_VERSION = 4.55.5
+PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_VERSION = 4.55.6
 PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_SOURCE = fonttools-$(PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/8b/d0/6a515b1587f2fe3540429120b20c674687e6f5fdd7dbd114f0fca224294b
+PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/49/2e/0b11e907b90665253dbad425479e874e38a9e81ced397a4e3312b9116935
 PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE