diff --git a/package/python-urwid/Config.in b/package/python-urwid/Config.in
index f584a9258d..573d71f1c9 100644
--- a/package/python-urwid/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-urwid/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_URWID
 	bool "python-urwid"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_TYPING_EXTENSIONS # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_WCWIDTH # runtime
 	help
 	  Urwid is a console user interface library for Python
 
diff --git a/package/python-urwid/python-urwid.hash b/package/python-urwid/python-urwid.hash
index aad6f6f672..4804555b22 100644
--- a/package/python-urwid/python-urwid.hash
+++ b/package/python-urwid/python-urwid.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/urwid/json
-md5  324cf0f877a5bc7b7d2de7d7f36b13ee  urwid-2.6.10.tar.gz
-sha256  ae33355c414c13214e541d3634f3c8a0bfb373914e62ffbcf2fa863527706321  urwid-2.6.10.tar.gz
+md5  73e4171e00a673afbc1eb32eaf7d31e0  urwid-2.6.15.tar.gz
+sha256  9ecc57330d88c8d9663ffd7092a681674c03ff794b6330ccfef479af7aa9671b  urwid-2.6.15.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  36b6d3fa47916943fd5fec313c584784946047ec1337a78b440e5992cb595f89  COPYING
diff --git a/package/python-urwid/python-urwid.mk b/package/python-urwid/python-urwid.mk
index d7943a8b5c..66b067a20c 100644
--- a/package/python-urwid/python-urwid.mk
+++ b/package/python-urwid/python-urwid.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_URWID_VERSION = 2.6.10
+PYTHON_URWID_VERSION = 2.6.15
 PYTHON_URWID_SOURCE = urwid-$(PYTHON_URWID_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_URWID_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/8e/74/8c2082f2b07a72ff5d2438447c13a70f0cbede73584e0a262c166a30785c
+PYTHON_URWID_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/85/b7/516b0bbb7dd9fc313c6443b35d86b6f91b3baa83d2c4016e4d8e0df5a5e3
 PYTHON_URWID_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 PYTHON_URWID_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 PYTHON_URWID_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools