diff --git a/lang/python/simplejson/Makefile b/lang/python/simplejson/Makefile
index 21d80fa1b..2d993d360 100644
--- a/lang/python/simplejson/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/simplejson/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:=simplejson
-PKG_VERSION:=3.10.0
+PKG_VERSION:=3.11.1
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://pypi.python.org/packages/40/ad/52c1f3a562df3b210e8f165e1aa243a178c454ead65476a39fa3ce1847b6/
-PKG_HASH:=953be622e88323c6f43fad61ffd05bebe73b9fd9863a46d68b052d2aa7d71ce2
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://pypi.python.org/packages/08/48/c97b668d6da7d7bebe7ea1817a6f76394b0ec959cb04214ca833c34359df/
+PKG_HASH:=01a22d49ddd9a168b136f26cac87d9a335660ce07aa5c630b8e3607d6f4325e7
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=python python-setuptools
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk