diff --git a/package/python-orjson/python-orjson.hash b/package/python-orjson/python-orjson.hash
index 5ef2726d82..2c00164702 100644
--- a/package/python-orjson/python-orjson.hash
+++ b/package/python-orjson/python-orjson.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  4713b120ad86b1b273f5952cbf9578c13d0f453064bd26d823e04a10c84824e6  python-orjson-3.6.7.tar.gz
+sha256  2b0259ff26455c4f9ad2290b49ba184a35e98eea4839f0d6d5c2b7d91383b3d9  python-orjson-3.6.8.tar.gz
 sha256  a60eea817514531668d7e00765731449fe14d059d3249e0bc93b36de45f759f2  LICENSE-APACHE
 sha256  23f18e03dc49df91622fe2a76176497404e46ced8a715d9d2b67a7446571cca3  LICENSE-MIT
diff --git a/package/python-orjson/python-orjson.mk b/package/python-orjson/python-orjson.mk
index 5de4b2c5fa..cfcaedc280 100644
--- a/package/python-orjson/python-orjson.mk
+++ b/package/python-orjson/python-orjson.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_ORJSON_VERSION = 3.6.7
+PYTHON_ORJSON_VERSION = 3.6.8
 PYTHON_ORJSON_SITE = $(call github,ijl,orjson,$(PYTHON_ORJSON_VERSION))
 PYTHON_ORJSON_LICENSE = Apache-2.0 or MIT
 PYTHON_ORJSON_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE-APACHE LICENSE-MIT