diff --git a/package/python-lmdb/python-lmdb.hash b/package/python-lmdb/python-lmdb.hash
index cb28536d3f..e7b8ae3455 100644
--- a/package/python-lmdb/python-lmdb.hash
+++ b/package/python-lmdb/python-lmdb.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/lmdb/json
-md5	507049767b995c3c6a93b3bd97567c71  lmdb-0.99.tar.gz
-sha256	f9eb844aaaacc8a4bc175e1c1f8a8fb538c330e378fd9eb40e8708d4dca7dc89  lmdb-0.99.tar.gz
+md5  b8f4a2cd1748e8a5f5e352d1cb3d4350  lmdb-1.2.1.tar.gz
+sha256  5f76a90ebd08922acca11948779b5055f7a262687178e9e94f4e804b9f8465bc  lmdb-1.2.1.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256	310fe25c858a9515fc8c8d7d1f24a67c9496f84a91e0a0e41ea9975b1371e569  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-lmdb/python-lmdb.mk b/package/python-lmdb/python-lmdb.mk
index bf98ba19c8..33c48cc8c7 100644
--- a/package/python-lmdb/python-lmdb.mk
+++ b/package/python-lmdb/python-lmdb.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_LMDB_VERSION = 0.99
+PYTHON_LMDB_VERSION = 1.2.1
 PYTHON_LMDB_SOURCE = lmdb-$(PYTHON_LMDB_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_LMDB_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/3b/66/aa6f3a3e338a3ca263575ce6f722c2fdcd21039a03b55c722e0ae0b216db
+PYTHON_LMDB_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/2f/df/3aea5279753cb8ab0c96dec43106e24f388d4179d5224f6d3e652016c095
 PYTHON_LMDB_LICENSE = OLDAP-2.8
 PYTHON_LMDB_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 PYTHON_LMDB_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools