diff --git a/package/python-simplejson/python-simplejson.hash b/package/python-simplejson/python-simplejson.hash
index 748af3ccca..a8614cb260 100644
--- a/package/python-simplejson/python-simplejson.hash
+++ b/package/python-simplejson/python-simplejson.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/simplejson/json
-md5  2b51376ed91109e4041a056a8f59ee73  simplejson-3.20.2.tar.gz
-sha256  5fe7a6ce14d1c300d80d08695b7f7e633de6cd72c80644021874d985b3393649  simplejson-3.20.2.tar.gz
+md5  bd06bf5c6db9fdef4b220d0aebb03c43  simplejson-4.1.1.tar.gz
+sha256  c08eb9f7a90f77ae470e19a07472e9a79ebc0d1c2315d86a72767665bd5ba79f  simplejson-4.1.1.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  fcaa1e313a99304322e2e0836ea4ee7d839ce9a480438f3922a853edfdde129f  LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/package/python-simplejson/python-simplejson.mk b/package/python-simplejson/python-simplejson.mk
index c42acc4196..1dc2eacdf7 100644
--- a/package/python-simplejson/python-simplejson.mk
+++ b/package/python-simplejson/python-simplejson.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_SIMPLEJSON_VERSION = 3.20.2
+PYTHON_SIMPLEJSON_VERSION = 4.1.1
 PYTHON_SIMPLEJSON_SOURCE = simplejson-$(PYTHON_SIMPLEJSON_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_SIMPLEJSON_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/41/f4/a1ac5ed32f7ed9a088d62a59d410d4c204b3b3815722e2ccfb491fa8251b
+PYTHON_SIMPLEJSON_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/0e/2a/54837395a3487c725669428d513293612a48d82b95a0642c936932e5d898
 PYTHON_SIMPLEJSON_LICENSE = Academic Free License (AFL), MIT
 PYTHON_SIMPLEJSON_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.txt
 PYTHON_SIMPLEJSON_CPE_ID_VENDOR = simplejson_project