diff --git a/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.hash b/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.hash
index 2037c17172..13f640b1c1 100644
--- a/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.hash
+++ b/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/pycares/json
-md5  92fa9622ba42cb895d598910722e80b5  pycares-4.2.1.tar.gz
-sha256  735b4f75fd0f595c4e9184da18cd87737f46bc81a64ea41f4edce2b6b68d46d2  pycares-4.2.1.tar.gz
+md5  7706a01fdbfc593564b63ac0d71031d9  pycares-4.2.2.tar.gz
+sha256  e1f57a8004370080694bd6fb969a1ffc9171a59c6824d54f791c1b2e4d298385  pycares-4.2.2.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  427bb3a5372024a26e2c290b24382512bcc7ca123431c4dd178dd613beea7eee  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.mk b/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.mk
index e2b813b278..858adbf33b 100644
--- a/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.mk
+++ b/package/python-pycares/python-pycares.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_PYCARES_VERSION = 4.2.1
+PYTHON_PYCARES_VERSION = 4.2.2
 PYTHON_PYCARES_SOURCE = pycares-$(PYTHON_PYCARES_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_PYCARES_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/99/da/d3d20bc7bd5baadeea04ee84db16f1f07557138c313bd6200e1cffab5bee
+PYTHON_PYCARES_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ac/a3/21594384c2398420dd7f6e8656aeb5a2c15128ddf2b85ef5f4403342e18d
 PYTHON_PYCARES_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_PYCARES_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_PYCARES_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE