diff --git a/packages/python/system/simplejson/package.mk b/packages/python/system/simplejson/package.mk
index ce51cd33024..3bc0709fe4d 100644
--- a/packages/python/system/simplejson/package.mk
+++ b/packages/python/system/simplejson/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2019-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="simplejson"
-PKG_VERSION="3.18.0"
-PKG_SHA256="58a429d2c2fa80834115b923ff689622de8f214cf0dc4afa9f59e824b444ab31"
+PKG_VERSION="3.18.1"
+PKG_SHA256="746086e3ef6d74b53599df31b491d88a355abf2e31c837137dd90f8c4561cafa"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://pypi.org/project/simplejson"
 PKG_URL="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/${PKG_NAME:0:1}/${PKG_NAME}/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"