diff --git a/package/python-cython/python-cython.hash b/package/python-cython/python-cython.hash
index cd320eaa2a..25fa1d93ba 100644
--- a/package/python-cython/python-cython.hash
+++ b/package/python-cython/python-cython.hash
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/cython/json
-md5  388b85b7c23f501320d19d991b169f5d  cython-3.0.11.tar.gz
-sha256  7146dd2af8682b4ca61331851e6aebce9fe5158e75300343f80c07ca80b1faff  cython-3.0.11.tar.gz
+md5  6fb2dc869f4d00b4a13e130ec1197bfd  cython-3.1.2.tar.gz
+sha256  6bbf7a953fa6762dfecdec015e3b054ba51c0121a45ad851fa130f63f5331381  cython-3.1.2.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  9568a2b155e66ac3e0ba1fd80b52b827b9460e6cf6f233125e7cbca8e206ddc3  LICENSE.txt
 sha256  e1eb1c49a8508e8173dac30157e4a6439a44ad8846194746c424fbc3fc2b95d7  COPYING.txt
diff --git a/package/python-cython/python-cython.mk b/package/python-cython/python-cython.mk
index 51086bedab..cffd613787 100644
--- a/package/python-cython/python-cython.mk
+++ b/package/python-cython/python-cython.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_CYTHON_VERSION = 3.0.11
+PYTHON_CYTHON_VERSION = 3.1.2
 PYTHON_CYTHON_SOURCE = cython-$(PYTHON_CYTHON_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_CYTHON_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/84/4d/b720d6000f4ca77f030bd70f12550820f0766b568e43f11af7f7ad9061aa
+PYTHON_CYTHON_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/18/40/7b17cd866158238db704965da1b5849af261dbad393ea3ac966f934b2d39
 PYTHON_CYTHON_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_CYTHON_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 PYTHON_CYTHON_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.txt LICENSE.txt