diff --git a/package/python-flit-core/python-flit-core.hash b/package/python-flit-core/python-flit-core.hash
index f63a64ed1b..4d4907f5dc 100644
--- a/package/python-flit-core/python-flit-core.hash
+++ b/package/python-flit-core/python-flit-core.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/flit_core/json
-md5  7c41da13273f7787709a24f74e0f5a99  flit_core-3.8.0.tar.gz
-sha256  b305b30c99526df5e63d6022dd2310a0a941a187bd3884f4c8ef0418df6c39f3  flit_core-3.8.0.tar.gz
+md5  3bc52f1952b9a78361114147da63c35b  flit_core-3.9.0.tar.gz
+sha256  72ad266176c4a3fcfab5f2930d76896059851240570ce9a98733b658cb786eba  flit_core-3.9.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed
 sha256  35b4f1dec512e617077fd6980dbb43ef8c2887adc5d0185edb4c04da175dd816  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-flit-core/python-flit-core.mk b/package/python-flit-core/python-flit-core.mk
index f96191ade6..ea887a0258 100644
--- a/package/python-flit-core/python-flit-core.mk
+++ b/package/python-flit-core/python-flit-core.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_FLIT_CORE_VERSION = 3.8.0
+PYTHON_FLIT_CORE_VERSION = 3.9.0
 PYTHON_FLIT_CORE_SOURCE = flit_core-$(PYTHON_FLIT_CORE_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_FLIT_CORE_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/10/e5/be08751d07b30889af130cec20955c987a74380a10058e6e8856e4010afc
+PYTHON_FLIT_CORE_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c4/e6/c1ac50fe3eebb38a155155711e6e864e254ce4b6e17fe2429b4c4d5b9e80
 PYTHON_FLIT_CORE_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 PYTHON_FLIT_CORE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 PYTHON_FLIT_CORE_SETUP_TYPE = flit-bootstrap