diff --git a/package/scons/scons.hash b/package/scons/scons.hash
index a72fbaee5a..48b5077b2e 100644
--- a/package/scons/scons.hash
+++ b/package/scons/scons.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed:
-sha256  7801f3f62f654528e272df780be10c0e9337e897650b62ddcee9f39fde13f8fb  scons-3.1.2.tar.gz
-sha256  72ed889165fb28378cadac14552be4a959f1ebab6b148abb5dd2b49712c3c6f6  LICENSE.txt
+sha256  ce26aac95d350a79a4192196b0beac3cb24f4ccabce0123eb28d3370f576f072  SCons-4.5.2.tar.gz
+sha256  2f6ac9a1fc98394d18b80dba9bedb9d5626006d44db3fecf7cf3e21cff7e8b1c  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/scons/scons.mk b/package/scons/scons.mk
index 6b75d3ddca..ffd6abf609 100644
--- a/package/scons/scons.mk
+++ b/package/scons/scons.mk
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-SCONS_VERSION = 3.1.2
+SCONS_VERSION = 4.5.2
+SCONS_SOURCE = SCons-$(SCONS_VERSION).tar.gz
 SCONS_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/scons/scons/$(SCONS_VERSION)
 SCONS_LICENSE = MIT
-SCONS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.txt
-SCONS_SETUP_TYPE = distutils
+SCONS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+SCONS_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 
 HOST_SCONS_INSTALL_OPTS = \
-	--install-lib=$(HOST_DIR)/lib/scons-$(SCONS_VERSION)
+	--install-lib=$(HOST_DIR)/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR)/site-packages
 
 $(eval $(host-python-package))