diff --git a/lang/python/python-websockets/Makefile b/lang/python/python-websockets/Makefile
index fac0d741b2..3222be86ec 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-websockets/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-websockets/Makefile
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-websockets
-PKG_VERSION:=11.0.3
+PKG_VERSION:=16.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PYPI_NAME:=websockets
-PKG_HASH:=88fc51d9a26b10fc331be344f1781224a375b78488fc343620184e95a4b27016
+PKG_HASH:=5f6261a5e56e8d5c42a4497b364ea24d94d9563e8fbd44e78ac40879c60179b5
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Michal Vasilek <michal.vasilek@nic.cz>
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-3-Clause
diff --git a/lang/python/python-websockets/test.sh b/lang/python/python-websockets/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..68b48dfa08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/python-websockets/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+[ "$1" = python3-websockets ] || exit 0
+
+python3 - << 'EOF'
+import websockets
+from websockets.version import version
+assert version, "websockets version is empty"
+
+from websockets.frames import Frame, Opcode
+from websockets.http11 import Request, Response
+from websockets.datastructures import Headers
+
+h = Headers([("Content-Type", "text/plain")])
+assert h["Content-Type"] == "text/plain", "Headers lookup failed"
+EOF