diff --git a/package/python-service-identity/Config.in b/package/python-service-identity/Config.in
index aa6d0fe715..d6ca060562 100644
--- a/package/python-service-identity/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-service-identity/Config.in
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SERVICE_IDENTITY
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_RUSTC_TARGET_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	# python-pyopenssl -> python-cryptography
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_ATTRS # runtime
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_CHARACTERISTIC # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYASN1 # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYASN1_MODULES # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYOPENSSL # runtime
diff --git a/package/python-service-identity/python-service-identity.hash b/package/python-service-identity/python-service-identity.hash
index 9a20d08925..f648918dbd 100644
--- a/package/python-service-identity/python-service-identity.hash
+++ b/package/python-service-identity/python-service-identity.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/service_identity/json
-md5	c6b8bac93e7d899a1da313a19cc6570a  service_identity-18.1.0.tar.gz
-sha256	0858a54aabc5b459d1aafa8a518ed2081a285087f349fe3e55197989232e2e2d  service_identity-18.1.0.tar.gz
+# md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/service-identity/json
+md5  5e5c195d8fcedc72f9068be2ad9b5a13  service-identity-21.1.0.tar.gz
+sha256  6e6c6086ca271dc11b033d17c3a8bea9f24ebff920c587da090afc9519419d34  service-identity-21.1.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
-sha256	c5075126e1272b176504e36af369781a95c5c1124239da8e4f61b0f9c15a56cf  LICENSE
+sha256  c5075126e1272b176504e36af369781a95c5c1124239da8e4f61b0f9c15a56cf  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-service-identity/python-service-identity.mk b/package/python-service-identity/python-service-identity.mk
index 5330239e48..e4ae8e6889 100644
--- a/package/python-service-identity/python-service-identity.mk
+++ b/package/python-service-identity/python-service-identity.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_SERVICE_IDENTITY_VERSION = 18.1.0
-PYTHON_SERVICE_IDENTITY_SOURCE = service_identity-$(PYTHON_SERVICE_IDENTITY_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_SERVICE_IDENTITY_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/9a/3d/9eb0563e066ea0540cf580695593ab079376e920016d4d1b3ff2fd8abf4b
+PYTHON_SERVICE_IDENTITY_VERSION = 21.1.0
+PYTHON_SERVICE_IDENTITY_SOURCE = service-identity-$(PYTHON_SERVICE_IDENTITY_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_SERVICE_IDENTITY_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/09/2e/26ade69944773df4748c19d3053e025b282f48de02aad84906d34a29d28b
 PYTHON_SERVICE_IDENTITY_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_SERVICE_IDENTITY_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 PYTHON_SERVICE_IDENTITY_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools