diff --git a/package/python-simplesqlite/Config.in b/package/python-simplesqlite/Config.in
index 81501c9e83..d650439dce 100644
--- a/package/python-simplesqlite/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-simplesqlite/Config.in
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SIMPLESQLITE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_DATAPROPERTY # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_MBSTRDECODER # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PATHVALIDATE # runtime
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SETUPTOOLS # runtime
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SIX # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_SQLITE # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SQLITESCHEMA # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_TABLEDATA # runtime
diff --git a/package/python-simplesqlite/python-simplesqlite.hash b/package/python-simplesqlite/python-simplesqlite.hash
index 06edbfab3d..8060437718 100644
--- a/package/python-simplesqlite/python-simplesqlite.hash
+++ b/package/python-simplesqlite/python-simplesqlite.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/simplesqlite/json
-md5  11f2ef73243fb0d677ed00d22f1441b2  SimpleSQLite-1.3.0.tar.gz
-sha256  f7e862bec5982059e665cc73b6fdb4c8340a1f565ba3497387c3c48f10d43bf8  SimpleSQLite-1.3.0.tar.gz
+md5  a907352592539345bf8145c3e39015cb  SimpleSQLite-1.5.2.tar.gz
+sha256  f9a25b9e43d7aa28f551d170a42cfae10139c5c81a1bcb8776f857816ef5ae0f  SimpleSQLite-1.5.2.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  a93d75bcb0774e2990106380cadad6dcb2de193c55d435ffc56ba345a08b1dc2  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-simplesqlite/python-simplesqlite.mk b/package/python-simplesqlite/python-simplesqlite.mk
index ea60cefc16..d8efe23a6c 100644
--- a/package/python-simplesqlite/python-simplesqlite.mk
+++ b/package/python-simplesqlite/python-simplesqlite.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_SIMPLESQLITE_VERSION = 1.3.0
+PYTHON_SIMPLESQLITE_VERSION = 1.5.2
 PYTHON_SIMPLESQLITE_SOURCE = SimpleSQLite-$(PYTHON_SIMPLESQLITE_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_SIMPLESQLITE_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/a0/2c/39a9e7dc4af46d101f48753086c686982790ecc2bdf5e9fa88f85f027e7a
+PYTHON_SIMPLESQLITE_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c8/07/92e3291fda6f1bbf6e7ff4721d87566e1615572d9c205ef64398c5d22efe
 PYTHON_SIMPLESQLITE_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_SIMPLESQLITE_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_SIMPLESQLITE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE