diff --git a/package/python-brotli/python-brotli.hash b/package/python-brotli/python-brotli.hash
index e8036d3bb8..ed8eea72eb 100644
--- a/package/python-brotli/python-brotli.hash
+++ b/package/python-brotli/python-brotli.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/brotli/json
-md5  908d109a0309c33b626d01137eb4a060  Brotli-1.1.0.tar.gz
-sha256  81de08ac11bcb85841e440c13611c00b67d3bf82698314928d0b676362546724  Brotli-1.1.0.tar.gz
+md5  af164f216cba527bf6f24d09c9d3576b  brotli-1.2.0.tar.gz
+sha256  e310f77e41941c13340a95976fe66a8a95b01e783d430eeaf7a2f87e0a57dd0a  brotli-1.2.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  3d180008e36922a4e8daec11c34c7af264fed5962d07924aea928c38e8663c94  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-brotli/python-brotli.mk b/package/python-brotli/python-brotli.mk
index 865c4e363f..e2343a24b2 100644
--- a/package/python-brotli/python-brotli.mk
+++ b/package/python-brotli/python-brotli.mk
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_BROTLI_VERSION = 1.1.0
-PYTHON_BROTLI_SOURCE = Brotli-$(PYTHON_BROTLI_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_BROTLI_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/2f/c2/f9e977608bdf958650638c3f1e28f85a1b075f075ebbe77db8555463787b
+PYTHON_BROTLI_VERSION = 1.2.0
+PYTHON_BROTLI_SOURCE = brotli-$(PYTHON_BROTLI_VERSION).tar.gz
+PYTHON_BROTLI_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f7/16/c92ca344d646e71a43b8bb353f0a6490d7f6e06210f8554c8f874e454285
 PYTHON_BROTLI_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_BROTLI_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_BROTLI_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+PYTHON_BROTLI_DEPENDENCIES = host-python-pkgconfig
 
 PYTHON_BROTLI_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS)