diff --git a/lang/python/python-cachelib/Makefile b/lang/python/python-cachelib/Makefile
index 6fcef3b438..7d4107b489 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-cachelib/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-cachelib/Makefile
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-cachelib
-PKG_VERSION:=0.10.2
+PKG_VERSION:=0.13.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PYPI_NAME:=cachelib
-PKG_HASH:=593faeee62a7c037d50fc835617a01b887503f972fb52b188ae7e50e9cb69740
+PKG_HASH:=209d8996e3c57595bee274ff97116d1d73c4980b2fd9a34c7846cd07fd2e1a48
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Stepan Henek <stepan.henek@nic.cz>
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-3-Clause
diff --git a/lang/python/python-cachelib/test.sh b/lang/python/python-cachelib/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4d6a0de95e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/python-cachelib/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+[ "$1" = python3-cachelib ] || exit 0
+python3 - << 'EOF'
+from cachelib import SimpleCache, NullCache
+
+cache = SimpleCache()
+cache.set("key", "value")
+assert cache.get("key") == "value", "SimpleCache set/get failed"
+assert cache.get("missing") is None
+cache.delete("key")
+assert cache.get("key") is None, "delete failed"
+
+cache.set("a", 1)
+cache.set("b", 2)
+cache.clear()
+assert cache.get("a") is None, "clear failed"
+
+null = NullCache()
+null.set("k", "v")
+assert null.get("k") is None, "NullCache should not store"
+EOF