diff --git a/package/python-pyphen/python-pyphen.hash b/package/python-pyphen/python-pyphen.hash
index 75ee909351..14938de9c4 100644
--- a/package/python-pyphen/python-pyphen.hash
+++ b/package/python-pyphen/python-pyphen.hash
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/Pyphen/json
-md5  f8ec095e4fe30dc2b518a918788b33ed  pyphen-0.11.0.tar.gz
-sha256  e2c3ed82c3a04317df5102addafe89652b0876bc6c6265f5dd4c3efaf02315e8  pyphen-0.11.0.tar.gz
+md5  99a01a3806cc750c242cae330429a90f  pyphen-0.12.0.tar.gz
+sha256  b7d3dfc24b6f2178cdb2b1757ace0bd5d222de3e62c28d22ac578c5f22a13e9b  pyphen-0.12.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  9f0bffde4fbbbbc61c46f6577b6f472919dba9fdffabe74e8a7e44ac5dbef7a2  LICENSE
 sha256  2233a3eecf299bc271f1a9f57f0b3198343ad4ab16571d70320133002c51496b  COPYING.GPL
diff --git a/package/python-pyphen/python-pyphen.mk b/package/python-pyphen/python-pyphen.mk
index 80f67c77c7..ac0bcf8aab 100644
--- a/package/python-pyphen/python-pyphen.mk
+++ b/package/python-pyphen/python-pyphen.mk
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_PYPHEN_VERSION = 0.11.0
+PYTHON_PYPHEN_VERSION = 0.12.0
 PYTHON_PYPHEN_SOURCE = pyphen-$(PYTHON_PYPHEN_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_PYPHEN_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/9a/f8/af869a4983c1b3159945479510260985714265d48baf27d61f72b1ec8cbf
-PYTHON_PYPHEN_SETUP_TYPE = distutils
+PYTHON_PYPHEN_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/0e/21/9e0841aa76db69e2d74cd64ea2271151d7332fa627a5f03eb0d9ccf3da87
+PYTHON_PYPHEN_SETUP_TYPE = flit
 PYTHON_PYPHEN_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+, MPL-1.1, GPL-2.0+
 PYTHON_PYPHEN_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE COPYING.GPL COPYING.LGPL COPYING.MPL