diff --git a/lang/python/python-dateutil/Makefile b/lang/python/python-dateutil/Makefile
index b8dc6019f..d687240e5 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-dateutil/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-dateutil/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2016 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2017 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-dateutil
-PKG_VERSION:=2.6.0
+PKG_VERSION:=2.6.1
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-2-Clause
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://pypi.python.org/packages/51/fc/39a3fbde6864942e8bb24c93663734b74e281b984d1b8c4f95d64b0c21f6/
-PKG_HASH:=62a2f8df3d66f878373fd0072eacf4ee52194ba302e00082828e0d263b0418d2
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://pypi.python.org/packages/54/bb/f1db86504f7a49e1d9b9301531181b00a1c7325dc85a29160ee3eaa73a54/
+PKG_HASH:=891c38b2a02f5bb1be3e4793866c8df49c7d19baabf9c1bad62547e0b4866aca
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=python python-setuptools
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk