diff --git a/package/python-gobject/python-gobject.hash b/package/python-gobject/python-gobject.hash
index fd2235f201..100a05c74e 100644
--- a/package/python-gobject/python-gobject.hash
+++ b/package/python-gobject/python-gobject.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-# from http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/pygobject/3.36/pygobject-3.36.1.sha256sum
-sha256  d1bf42802d1cec113b5adaa0e7bf7f3745b44521dc2163588d276d5cd61d718f  pygobject-3.36.1.tar.xz
+# from http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/pygobject/3.42/pygobject-3.42.0.sha256sum
+sha256  9b12616e32cfc792f9dc841d9c472a41a35b85ba67d3a6eb427e307a6fe4367b  pygobject-3.42.0.tar.xz
 sha256  32434afcc8666ba060e111d715bfdb6c2d5dd8a35fa4d3ab8ad67d8f850d2f2b  COPYING
diff --git a/package/python-gobject/python-gobject.mk b/package/python-gobject/python-gobject.mk
index 0cada82fb7..b0a132d040 100644
--- a/package/python-gobject/python-gobject.mk
+++ b/package/python-gobject/python-gobject.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_GOBJECT_VERSION_MAJOR = 3.36
-PYTHON_GOBJECT_VERSION = $(PYTHON_GOBJECT_VERSION_MAJOR).1
+PYTHON_GOBJECT_VERSION_MAJOR = 3.42
+PYTHON_GOBJECT_VERSION = $(PYTHON_GOBJECT_VERSION_MAJOR).0
 PYTHON_GOBJECT_SOURCE = pygobject-$(PYTHON_GOBJECT_VERSION).tar.xz
 PYTHON_GOBJECT_SITE = https://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/pygobject/$(PYTHON_GOBJECT_VERSION_MAJOR)
 PYTHON_GOBJECT_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ PYTHON_GOBJECT_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	python3
 
 PYTHON_GOBJECT_CONF_OPTS += \
-	-Dpycairo=false \
+	-Dpycairo=disabled \
 	-Dtests=false
 
 # A sysconfigdata_name must be manually specified or the resulting .so