diff --git a/package/python-arrow/python-arrow.hash b/package/python-arrow/python-arrow.hash
index 6120069abf..a28ab03863 100644
--- a/package/python-arrow/python-arrow.hash
+++ b/package/python-arrow/python-arrow.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/arrow/json
-md5  f03ecc3edbe2db99f366142f6e0f6d0b  arrow-1.3.0.tar.gz
-sha256  d4540617648cb5f895730f1ad8c82a65f2dad0166f57b75f3ca54759c4d67a85  arrow-1.3.0.tar.gz
+md5  abbbe6bc2414c64ee56f0b59aa6ea25d  arrow-1.4.0.tar.gz
+sha256  ed0cc050e98001b8779e84d461b0098c4ac597e88704a655582b21d116e526d7  arrow-1.4.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  b481f87296cb0abdb13fd8cbb94b14c328be880ec9e68547a61b84dacffd067a  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-arrow/python-arrow.mk b/package/python-arrow/python-arrow.mk
index 793cc2640f..c12867bf29 100644
--- a/package/python-arrow/python-arrow.mk
+++ b/package/python-arrow/python-arrow.mk
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_ARROW_VERSION = 1.3.0
+PYTHON_ARROW_VERSION = 1.4.0
 PYTHON_ARROW_SOURCE = arrow-$(PYTHON_ARROW_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_ARROW_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/2e/00/0f6e8fcdb23ea632c866620cc872729ff43ed91d284c866b515c6342b173
-PYTHON_ARROW_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
+PYTHON_ARROW_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b9/33/032cdc44182491aa708d06a68b62434140d8c50820a087fac7af37703357
+PYTHON_ARROW_SETUP_TYPE = flit
 PYTHON_ARROW_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 PYTHON_ARROW_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE