diff --git a/package/python-scp/python-scp.hash b/package/python-scp/python-scp.hash
index 4ec4e6a41a..e79c4ef4a3 100644
--- a/package/python-scp/python-scp.hash
+++ b/package/python-scp/python-scp.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/scp/json
-md5  54c0e3b6cc52620ce3a81362fa8bb29d  scp-0.15.0.tar.gz
-sha256  f1b22e9932123ccf17eebf19e0953c6e9148f589f93d91b872941a696305c83f  scp-0.15.0.tar.gz
+md5  a72edd2cdc0fe6e14d9092065f04bfe0  scp-0.16.0.tar.gz
+sha256  1763a4b8ac424ea0c304f58b95a4a4a51d503a834ed77b4e89f1a32b30cbe662  scp-0.16.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  2455cf0fc78e13772bf10ef5f209e7eb8625706d671b2f420cc8add37d548c1c  LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/package/python-scp/python-scp.mk b/package/python-scp/python-scp.mk
index d223b16290..a4be23fb51 100644
--- a/package/python-scp/python-scp.mk
+++ b/package/python-scp/python-scp.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_SCP_VERSION = 0.15.0
+PYTHON_SCP_VERSION = 0.16.0
 PYTHON_SCP_SOURCE = scp-$(PYTHON_SCP_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_SCP_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d6/1c/d213e1c6651d0bd37636b21b1ba9b895f276e8057f882c9f944931e4f002
+PYTHON_SCP_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/7f/e1/34634a89f100fcf4f014aca65621e701c5b9053cec62b6386866e3f015d5
 PYTHON_SCP_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_SCP_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 PYTHON_SCP_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.txt