diff --git a/package/python-crontab/python-crontab.hash b/package/python-crontab/python-crontab.hash
index b3aa96fc1b..d9519096df 100644
--- a/package/python-crontab/python-crontab.hash
+++ b/package/python-crontab/python-crontab.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/python-crontab/json
-md5  2982bdce2d9b7789f32da649a9507c4b  python-crontab-2.6.0.tar.gz
-sha256  1e35ed7a3cdc3100545b43e196d34754e6551e7f95e4caebbe0e1c0ca41c2f1b  python-crontab-2.6.0.tar.gz
+md5  0a71aa83eed18752c2850632d84cfd89  python-crontab-2.7.1.tar.gz
+sha256  b21af4647c7bbb848fef2f020616c6b0289dcb9f94b4f991a55310ff9bec5749  python-crontab-2.7.1.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  da7eabb7bafdf7d3ae5e9f223aa5bdc1eece45ac569dc21b3b037520b4464768  COPYING
diff --git a/package/python-crontab/python-crontab.mk b/package/python-crontab/python-crontab.mk
index 9b29e11ccd..1c2802ef61 100644
--- a/package/python-crontab/python-crontab.mk
+++ b/package/python-crontab/python-crontab.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_CRONTAB_VERSION = 2.6.0
-PYTHON_CRONTAB_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/06/b0/c270a1b5c83d9e0f83ab654d3153c39d80f61ba49fefde50fd23ab351381
+PYTHON_CRONTAB_VERSION = 2.7.1
+PYTHON_CRONTAB_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/6a/b6/94d861e868698b8e3f288f7e4684e30535b0d9a6b38316ee0a3d4d31e6ae
 PYTHON_CRONTAB_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_CRONTAB_LICENSE = LGPL-3.0+
 PYTHON_CRONTAB_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING