diff --git a/package/python-ujson/python-ujson.hash b/package/python-ujson/python-ujson.hash
index 27df5aa355..3dfc681167 100644
--- a/package/python-ujson/python-ujson.hash
+++ b/package/python-ujson/python-ujson.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/ujson/json
-md5  73b42e3f4bf3130073cfffbd82608275  ujson-5.5.0.tar.gz
-sha256  b25077a971c7da47bd6846a912a747f6963776d90720c88603b1b55d81790780  ujson-5.5.0.tar.gz
+md5  45a74680e2936470821bf74a8f043a71  ujson-5.6.0.tar.gz
+sha256  f881e2d8a022e9285aa2eab6ba8674358dbcb2b57fa68618d88d62937ac3ff04  ujson-5.6.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  6a00a8f8b4050303368b694147bde1aed9c96bdff869c181dbbf3ccb784a1501  LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/package/python-ujson/python-ujson.mk b/package/python-ujson/python-ujson.mk
index 95cb0ebad1..24ad4822b8 100644
--- a/package/python-ujson/python-ujson.mk
+++ b/package/python-ujson/python-ujson.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_UJSON_VERSION = 5.5.0
+PYTHON_UJSON_VERSION = 5.6.0
 PYTHON_UJSON_SOURCE = ujson-$(PYTHON_UJSON_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_UJSON_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/6e/4a/03ddad85a10dd52e209993a14afa0cb0dc5c348e4647329f1c53856ad9e6
+PYTHON_UJSON_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/45/48/466d672c53fcb93d64a2817e3a0306214103e3baba109821c88e1150c100
 PYTHON_UJSON_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_UJSON_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 PYTHON_UJSON_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.txt