diff --git a/lang/python/python-yaml/Makefile b/lang/python/python-yaml/Makefile
index 8a62c7f36f..b740428aa6 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-yaml/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-yaml/Makefile
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-yaml
-PKG_VERSION:=6.0.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=6.0.3
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PYPI_NAME:=PyYAML
-PKG_HASH:=bfdf460b1736c775f2ba9f6a92bca30bc2095067b8a9d77876d1fad6cc3b4a43
+PYPI_SOURCE_NAME:=pyyaml
+PKG_HASH:=d76623373421df22fb4cf8817020cbb7ef15c725b9d5e45f17e189bfc384190f
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Josef Schlehofer <pepe.schlehofer@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
diff --git a/lang/python/python-yaml/patches/001-cython3.patch b/lang/python/python-yaml/patches/001-cython3.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fe3956c2c6..0000000000
--- a/lang/python/python-yaml/patches/001-cython3.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
---- a/pyproject.toml
-+++ b/pyproject.toml
-@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
- [build-system]
--requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "Cython<3.0"]
-+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "Cython"]
- build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ if 'sdist' in sys.argv or os.environ.get
-     with_cython = True
- try:
-     from Cython.Distutils.extension import Extension as _Extension
--    from Cython.Distutils import build_ext as _build_ext
-+    from Cython.Distutils.old_build_ext import old_build_ext as _build_ext
-     with_cython = True
- except ImportError:
-     if with_cython: