diff --git a/package/python-colorlog/Config.in b/package/python-colorlog/Config.in
index 673f97aad2..e191ae82ac 100644
--- a/package/python-colorlog/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-colorlog/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_COLORLOG
 	bool "python-colorlog"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
 	help
 	  Log formatting with colors.
 
diff --git a/package/python-colorlog/python-colorlog.hash b/package/python-colorlog/python-colorlog.hash
index 7c6fb73be7..f324c1f290 100644
--- a/package/python-colorlog/python-colorlog.hash
+++ b/package/python-colorlog/python-colorlog.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/colorlog/json
-md5  2111508f7c512976a34b107c17586f79  colorlog-4.8.0.tar.gz
-sha256  59b53160c60902c405cdec28d38356e09d40686659048893e026ecbd589516b1  colorlog-4.8.0.tar.gz
+md5  f1b92c1cac428b2e3c9ac7edf2988440  colorlog-6.4.1.tar.gz
+sha256  af99440154a01f27c09256760ea3477982bf782721feaa345904e806879df4d8  colorlog-6.4.1.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
-sha256  915d2c0c578d5015fb561f69ce2970a0d0ed566f0b99bdb6a4ebb439e9c81b0d  LICENSE
+sha256  b1d9082bc483623fd59fc7279b457f0e40d942a76426cde257239e04dfe4125a  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-colorlog/python-colorlog.mk b/package/python-colorlog/python-colorlog.mk
index eb4074d464..801b30be89 100644
--- a/package/python-colorlog/python-colorlog.mk
+++ b/package/python-colorlog/python-colorlog.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_COLORLOG_VERSION = 4.8.0
+PYTHON_COLORLOG_VERSION = 6.4.1
 PYTHON_COLORLOG_SOURCE = colorlog-$(PYTHON_COLORLOG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_COLORLOG_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/75/32/cdfba08674d72fe7895a8ec7be8f171e8502274999cae9497e4545404873
+PYTHON_COLORLOG_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d6/4a/840f6cb7e922a717c765a3cdc6988aff22a6ef211d88c8d16701dfbd664f
 PYTHON_COLORLOG_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_COLORLOG_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_COLORLOG_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-simplelogging/Config.in b/package/python-simplelogging/Config.in
index db95efa25f..7f58791836 100644
--- a/package/python-simplelogging/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-simplelogging/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SIMPLELOGGING
 	bool "python-simplelogging"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3 # python-colorlog
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_COLORLOG # runtime
 	help
 	  Logging made simple, no excuse for any debug print call.