diff --git a/package/python-multidict/python-multidict.hash b/package/python-multidict/python-multidict.hash
index a98c4553d4..1e7b704626 100644
--- a/package/python-multidict/python-multidict.hash
+++ b/package/python-multidict/python-multidict.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/multidict/json
-md5	5e9d8f7e1ada9a22932aed6a72f88e43  multidict-4.5.2.tar.gz
-sha256	024b8129695a952ebd93373e45b5d341dbb87c17ce49637b34000093f243dd4f  multidict-4.5.2.tar.gz
+md5	bee3828781685758410fa0fbcda8c88e  multidict-4.6.1.tar.gz
+sha256	5159c4975931a1a78bf6602bbebaa366747fce0a56cb2111f44789d2c45e379f  multidict-4.6.1.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256	a1c5825513279d3085a0ba46880e148ea3710c149bbaedcf2d11605a5ed3c4ad  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-multidict/python-multidict.mk b/package/python-multidict/python-multidict.mk
index 7b9cd39283..e3df5a64bf 100644
--- a/package/python-multidict/python-multidict.mk
+++ b/package/python-multidict/python-multidict.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_MULTIDICT_VERSION = 4.5.2
+PYTHON_MULTIDICT_VERSION = 4.6.1
 PYTHON_MULTIDICT_SOURCE = multidict-$(PYTHON_MULTIDICT_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_MULTIDICT_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/7f/8f/b3c8c5b062309e854ce5b726fc101195fbaa881d306ffa5c2ba19efa3af2
+PYTHON_MULTIDICT_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/8a/74/61547af55c077b8d2e3648c2af74c08fa1e382665b290468db7ba54db2ea
 PYTHON_MULTIDICT_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_MULTIDICT_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 PYTHON_MULTIDICT_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE