diff --git a/package/python-wcwidth/python-wcwidth.hash b/package/python-wcwidth/python-wcwidth.hash
index ed1d2cd61f..216182c2ed 100644
--- a/package/python-wcwidth/python-wcwidth.hash
+++ b/package/python-wcwidth/python-wcwidth.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/wcwidth/json
-md5  b32584cd6084b4a8c81df13a2a6b4351  wcwidth-0.1.9.tar.gz
-sha256  ee73862862a156bf77ff92b09034fc4825dd3af9cf81bc5b360668d425f3c5f1  wcwidth-0.1.9.tar.gz
-# Locally computed
-sha256  0eddcc52cd3ef5d30798b8d43a14d3f0f1dcf0a6e4c1d0f2e177c44ce85bb69c  LICENSE.txt
+md5  a07a75f99d316e14838ac760c831ea37  wcwidth-0.2.5.tar.gz
+sha256  c4d647b99872929fdb7bdcaa4fbe7f01413ed3d98077df798530e5b04f116c83  wcwidth-0.2.5.tar.gz
+# Locally computed sha256 checksums
+sha256  70b98a95a2144eb70af8017fa8c6d95ce247e40867436e8bc649e137fe13d21a  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-wcwidth/python-wcwidth.mk b/package/python-wcwidth/python-wcwidth.mk
index ccbd0e99ca..a170a8e395 100644
--- a/package/python-wcwidth/python-wcwidth.mk
+++ b/package/python-wcwidth/python-wcwidth.mk
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_WCWIDTH_VERSION = 0.1.9
+PYTHON_WCWIDTH_VERSION = 0.2.5
 PYTHON_WCWIDTH_SOURCE = wcwidth-$(PYTHON_WCWIDTH_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_WCWIDTH_SITE = https://pypi.python.org/packages/25/9d/0acbed6e4a4be4fc99148f275488580968f44ddb5e69b8ceb53fc9df55a0
+PYTHON_WCWIDTH_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/89/38/459b727c381504f361832b9e5ace19966de1a235d73cdbdea91c771a1155
 PYTHON_WCWIDTH_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_WCWIDTH_LICENSE = MIT
-PYTHON_WCWIDTH_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.txt
+PYTHON_WCWIDTH_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 
 $(eval $(python-package))