diff --git a/package/python-platformdirs/python-platformdirs.hash b/package/python-platformdirs/python-platformdirs.hash
index bbf94f6b6f..cc92e4a824 100644
--- a/package/python-platformdirs/python-platformdirs.hash
+++ b/package/python-platformdirs/python-platformdirs.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/platformdirs/json
-md5  e1000e5728e36717b1832e77dc3590c9  platformdirs-4.5.1.tar.gz
-sha256  61d5cdcc6065745cdd94f0f878977f8de9437be93de97c1c12f853c9c0cdcbda  platformdirs-4.5.1.tar.gz
+md5  8168f7450c9606bfa4a28268f0f59a37  platformdirs-4.9.4.tar.gz
+sha256  1ec356301b7dc906d83f371c8f487070e99d3ccf9e501686456394622a01a934  platformdirs-4.9.4.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  29e0fd62e929850e86eb28c3fdccf0cefdf4fa94879011cffb3d0d4bed6d4db6  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-platformdirs/python-platformdirs.mk b/package/python-platformdirs/python-platformdirs.mk
index e099c486c4..11e8acd078 100644
--- a/package/python-platformdirs/python-platformdirs.mk
+++ b/package/python-platformdirs/python-platformdirs.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_PLATFORMDIRS_VERSION = 4.5.1
+PYTHON_PLATFORMDIRS_VERSION = 4.9.4
 PYTHON_PLATFORMDIRS_SOURCE = platformdirs-$(PYTHON_PLATFORMDIRS_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_PLATFORMDIRS_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/cf/86/0248f086a84f01b37aaec0fa567b397df1a119f73c16f6c7a9aac73ea309
+PYTHON_PLATFORMDIRS_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/19/56/8d4c30c8a1d07013911a8fdbd8f89440ef9f08d07a1b50ab8ca8be5a20f9
 PYTHON_PLATFORMDIRS_SETUP_TYPE = hatch
 PYTHON_PLATFORMDIRS_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_PLATFORMDIRS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE