diff --git a/package/python-aexpect/Config.in b/package/python-aexpect/Config.in
index cc805da657..59671621dc 100644
--- a/package/python-aexpect/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-aexpect/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_AEXPECT
 	bool "python-aexpect"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SIX # runtime
 	help
 	  Aexpect.
 
diff --git a/package/python-aexpect/python-aexpect.hash b/package/python-aexpect/python-aexpect.hash
index efe4f55fb8..ff30c765e3 100644
--- a/package/python-aexpect/python-aexpect.hash
+++ b/package/python-aexpect/python-aexpect.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/aexpect/json
-md5  d37473ff0024c15938bfe86a543537e6  aexpect-1.6.4.tar.gz
-sha256  3998aa84ae54963fd59488f0caa533f6edbb31bc6cb842da09b041cbad56ad88  aexpect-1.6.4.tar.gz
+md5  bb05319c277cfe97114780579d251c30  aexpect-1.7.0.tar.gz
+sha256  11bfeea78ef6147ac8f6e29c2a720bd332598383d88274cdca5e6413c2070d52  aexpect-1.7.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  7be26abf35e531a226dc742d2379d42d372cb61f027a6e26477c0e2f1a03bfcb  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-aexpect/python-aexpect.mk b/package/python-aexpect/python-aexpect.mk
index 8b5e165135..1cfcc9ffaf 100644
--- a/package/python-aexpect/python-aexpect.mk
+++ b/package/python-aexpect/python-aexpect.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_AEXPECT_VERSION = 1.6.4
+PYTHON_AEXPECT_VERSION = 1.7.0
 PYTHON_AEXPECT_SOURCE = aexpect-$(PYTHON_AEXPECT_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_AEXPECT_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/3b/22/f87ffa70348dde4597d9314995be89c8d4c7728260033b972a8d691e3f7d
+PYTHON_AEXPECT_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/dd/32/738b5190adb5ed387d3e755885f646b714fbf9c22adbda7ff988db7ede49
 PYTHON_AEXPECT_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_AEXPECT_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 PYTHON_AEXPECT_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE