diff --git a/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.hash b/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.hash
index 84119d3346..8bcabb0c45 100644
--- a/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.hash
+++ b/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/fonttools/json
-md5  34d9fb935c3eaf5d2bd3572d88613bd2  fonttools-4.41.1.tar.gz
-sha256  e16a9449f21a93909c5be2f5ed5246420f2316e94195dbfccb5238aaa38f9751  fonttools-4.41.1.tar.gz
+md5  717f907e93dd6be3dd46fbdcdc33bbd7  fonttools-4.44.0.tar.gz
+sha256  4e90dd81b6e0d97ebfe52c0d12a17a9ef7f305d6bfbb93081265057d6092f252  fonttools-4.44.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  6787208f83f659ccbc2223b2fde952ffa6f7e8aca62f1a8a2bf5bc51bb1b2383  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.mk b/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.mk
index 2fe7f50115..2f8a738600 100644
--- a/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.mk
+++ b/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_VERSION = 4.41.1
+PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_VERSION = 4.44.0
 PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_SOURCE = fonttools-$(PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e5/55/86c43d626bbe12fb384e61152ded4f76a280d30a022968c471f850cdb0d5
+PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/6d/f8/d3116b436553856df4ed9094584ac55c5e99ee9d9f3369f2912bbb8d0b90
 PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE