diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-evdev_1.6.1.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-evdev_1.7.1.bb
similarity index 86%
rename from meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-evdev_1.6.1.bb
rename to meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-evdev_1.7.1.bb
index be6f9611e7..dcf50f339d 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-evdev_1.6.1.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-evdev_1.7.1.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/gvalkov/python-evdev"
 LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=0ff275b442f45fc06287544cf713016f"
 
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "299db8628cc73b237fc1cc57d3c2948faa0756e2a58b6194b5bf81dc2081f1e3"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "0c72c370bda29d857e188d931019c32651a9c1ea977c08c8d939b1ced1637fde"
 
 inherit pypi setuptools3