diff --git a/python3-websocket-client/.footprint b/python3-websocket-client/.footprint
index c245f1673..ef1a9c8f6 100644
--- a/python3-websocket-client/.footprint
+++ b/python3-websocket-client/.footprint
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/websocket/tests/data/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/websocket/tests/test_http.py
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/websocket/tests/test_url.py
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/websocket/tests/test_websocket.py
-drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/websocket_client-1.5.2-py3.10.egg-info/
--rw-rw-r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/websocket_client-1.5.2-py3.10.egg-info/PKG-INFO
--rw-rw-r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/websocket_client-1.5.2-py3.10.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
--rw-rw-r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/websocket_client-1.5.2-py3.10.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
--rw-rw-r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/websocket_client-1.5.2-py3.10.egg-info/entry_points.txt
--rw-rw-r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/websocket_client-1.5.2-py3.10.egg-info/requires.txt
--rw-rw-r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/websocket_client-1.5.2-py3.10.egg-info/top_level.txt
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/websocket_client-1.6.1-py3.10.egg-info/
+-rw-rw-r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/websocket_client-1.6.1-py3.10.egg-info/PKG-INFO
+-rw-rw-r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/websocket_client-1.6.1-py3.10.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
+-rw-rw-r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/websocket_client-1.6.1-py3.10.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
+-rw-rw-r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/websocket_client-1.6.1-py3.10.egg-info/entry_points.txt
+-rw-rw-r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/websocket_client-1.6.1-py3.10.egg-info/requires.txt
+-rw-rw-r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/websocket_client-1.6.1-py3.10.egg-info/top_level.txt
diff --git a/python3-websocket-client/.signature b/python3-websocket-client/.signature
index 251750e63..e81aea7b0 100644
--- a/python3-websocket-client/.signature
+++ b/python3-websocket-client/.signature
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
-RWSagIOpLGJF3+v8TMvFRxarfK4QwRcDZZnCbccNcg++0FwkUTv3vQiC6Q8qCdXBHaZvn53JEMt6YXBvhxFXz2qNBm7BxelS6QU=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 2d655490dd4a63b46cb6e4121fdcf42c77a94ed60ef00a119cdc5666f761b0ca
-SHA256 (.footprint) = 440ec34f7e1b45c2683854395527340e5903c69afe25833d347b45f7e3b2f7cd
-SHA256 (websocket-client-1.5.2.tar.gz) = c7d67c13b928645f259d9b847ab5b57fd2d127213ca41ebd880de1f553b7c23b
+RWSagIOpLGJF3wZqH4Nl+2HEEAcHZv/cNlnxWllbe0lO7mN6muSd07qnBDGNgS0I/9mxzAgUnaFhiJUaMFufaBju/tj2Einfjwo=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 5a0f17e4da0f00dae5434c621d45c8c620d9fcaf66f5f6708d978a6220b608c3
+SHA256 (.footprint) = 3c1ec928c100432dde0324337686988535a5930c189a2eeede885b02489dce8a
+SHA256 (websocket-client-1.6.1.tar.gz) = c951af98631d24f8df89ab1019fc365f2227c0892f12fd150e935607c79dd0dd
diff --git a/python3-websocket-client/Pkgfile b/python3-websocket-client/Pkgfile
index 92d287ec8..a5f2ee537 100644
--- a/python3-websocket-client/Pkgfile
+++ b/python3-websocket-client/Pkgfile
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # Description: WebSocket client library for Python.
 # URL: https://github.com/liris/websocket-client
-# Maintainer: Danny Rawlins, crux at romster dot me
+# Maintainer: Tim Biermann, tbier at posteo dot dey
 # Depends on: python3-setuptools python3-six
 
 name=python3-websocket-client
-version=1.5.2
+version=1.6.1
 release=1
 source=(https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/w/websocket-client/websocket-client-$version.tar.gz)
 
 build() {
-	cd websocket-client-$version
+  cd websocket-client-$version
 
-	sed -i "s/'backports.ssl_match_hostname'//" setup.py
+  sed -i "s/'backports.ssl_match_hostname'//" setup.py
 
-	/usr/bin/python3 setup.py build
-	/usr/bin/python3 setup.py install --root=$PKG --optimize=1
+  /usr/bin/python3 setup.py build
+  /usr/bin/python3 setup.py install --root=$PKG --optimize=1
 }