diff --git a/package/python3/python3.hash b/package/python3/python3.hash
index 753973721b..2a0ba6ab4f 100644
--- a/package/python3/python3.hash
+++ b/package/python3/python3.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# From https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-392/
-md5  f0dc9000312abeb16de4eccce9a870ab  Python-3.9.2.tar.xz
+# From https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-394/
+md5  2a3dba5fc75b695c45cf1806156e1a97  Python-3.9.4.tar.xz
 # Locally computed
-sha256  3c2034c54f811448f516668dce09d24008a0716c3a794dd8639b5388cbde247d  Python-3.9.2.tar.xz
+sha256  4b0e6644a76f8df864ae24ac500a51bbf68bd098f6a173e27d3b61cdca9aa134  Python-3.9.4.tar.xz
 sha256  599826df92bfdcd2702eac691072498bb096c55af04ee984cf90f70ed77b5a70  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python3/python3.mk b/package/python3/python3.mk
index def34f46ad..345c6a8699 100644
--- a/package/python3/python3.mk
+++ b/package/python3/python3.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR = 3.9
-PYTHON3_VERSION = $(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR).2
+PYTHON3_VERSION = $(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR).4
 PYTHON3_SOURCE = Python-$(PYTHON3_VERSION).tar.xz
 PYTHON3_SITE = https://python.org/ftp/python/$(PYTHON3_VERSION)
 PYTHON3_LICENSE = Python-2.0, others
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ HOST_PYTHON3_CONF_ENV += \
 
 PYTHON3_DEPENDENCIES = host-python3 libffi
 
-HOST_PYTHON3_DEPENDENCIES = host-expat host-zlib host-libffi
+HOST_PYTHON3_DEPENDENCIES = host-autoconf-archive host-expat host-zlib host-libffi
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON3_SSL),y)
 HOST_PYTHON3_DEPENDENCIES += host-openssl
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ endef
 PYTHON3_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += PYTHON3_ENSURE_LIBPYTHON_STRIPPED
 
 PYTHON3_AUTORECONF = YES
+PYTHON3_AUTORECONF_OPTS = --include=$(HOST_DIR)/share/autoconf-archive
 
 define PYTHON3_INSTALL_SYMLINK
 	ln -fs python3 $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/python