diff --git a/packages/python/system/simplejson/package.mk b/packages/python/system/simplejson/package.mk
index 714befa3e6..65fbc60215 100644
--- a/packages/python/system/simplejson/package.mk
+++ b/packages/python/system/simplejson/package.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
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 PKG_NAME="simplejson"
-PKG_VERSION="3.4.0"
+PKG_VERSION="3.5.3"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"