diff --git a/lang/python/python-requests/Makefile b/lang/python/python-requests/Makefile
index a32e590a5..5853897be 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-requests/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-requests/Makefile
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-requests
-PKG_VERSION:=2.25.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=2.26.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Josef Schlehofer <josef.schlehofer@nic.cz>, Alexandru Ardelean <ardeleanalex@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=Apache-2.0
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:python-requests:requests
 
 PYPI_NAME:=requests
-PKG_HASH:=27973dd4a904a4f13b263a19c866c13b92a39ed1c964655f025f3f8d3d75b804
+PKG_HASH:=b8aa58f8cf793ffd8782d3d8cb19e66ef36f7aba4353eec859e74678b01b07a7
 
 include ../pypi.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
diff --git a/lang/python/python-requests/patches/0001-idna-dependency-bump.patch b/lang/python/python-requests/patches/0001-idna-dependency-bump.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 72ffb4526..000000000
--- a/lang/python/python-requests/patches/0001-idna-dependency-bump.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From 9484e13c7da927119fe82794bb5571cec144b6d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Naor Livne <naorlivne@gmail.com>
-Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2021 14:31:14 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 1/2] bump idna has version 3.0 was released
-
-Fixes issue (https://github.com/psf/requests/issues/5710):
-pkg_resources.ContextualVersionConflict: (idna 3.0 (/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages), Requirement.parse('idna<3,>=2.5'), {'requests'})
-Origin of this patch:
-https://github.com/psf/requests/pull/5711
-
----
- setup.py | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ packages = ['requests']
- 
- requires = [
-     'chardet>=3.0.2,<5',
--    'idna>=2.5,<3',
-+    'idna>=2.5,<4',
-     'urllib3>=1.21.1,<1.27',
-     'certifi>=2017.4.17'
- 
diff --git a/lang/python/python-requests/patches/0002-idna-dependency-bump.patch b/lang/python/python-requests/patches/0002-idna-dependency-bump.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9df2ddc89..000000000
--- a/lang/python/python-requests/patches/0002-idna-dependency-bump.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From d3e00a4958af046879f24de365d5589d861ea6ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Naor Livne <naorlivne@gmail.com>
-Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2021 16:31:15 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update setup.py
-MIME-Version: 1.0
-Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
-Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
-
-Co-authored-by: Mickaël Schoentgen <contact@tiger-222.fr>
----
- setup.py | 3 ++-
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ packages = ['requests']
- 
- requires = [
-     'chardet>=3.0.2,<5',
--    'idna>=2.5,<4',
-+    'idna>=2.5,<3 ; python_version < "3"',
-+    'idna>=2.5,<4 ; python_version >= "3"',
-     'urllib3>=1.21.1,<1.27',
-     'certifi>=2017.4.17'
-