diff --git a/lang/python/python-attrs/Makefile b/lang/python/python-attrs/Makefile
index 8430eeeb4..d76a78347 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-attrs/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-attrs/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-attrs
-PKG_VERSION:=17.4.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=18.1.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=attrs-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://pypi.python.org/packages/8b/0b/a06cfcb69d0cb004fde8bc6f0fd192d96d565d1b8aa2829f0f20adb796e5
-PKG_HASH:=1c7960ccfd6a005cd9f7ba884e6316b5e430a3f1a6c37c5f87d8b43f83b54ec9
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/a/attrs
+PKG_HASH:=e0d0eb91441a3b53dab4d9b743eafc1ac44476296a2053b6ca3af0b139faf87b
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(BUILD_VARIANT)-attrs-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
@@ -31,19 +31,19 @@ define Package/python-attrs/Default
   SECTION:=lang
   CATEGORY:=Languages
   SUBMENU:=Python
-  URL:=https://attrs.readthedocs.org/
+  URL:=http://www.attrs.org/
 endef
 
 define Package/python-attrs
 $(call Package/python-attrs/Default)
-  TITLE:=python-attrs
+  TITLE:=Classes Without Boilerplate
   DEPENDS:=+PACKAGE_python-attrs:python-light
   VARIANT:=python
 endef
 
 define Package/python3-attrs
 $(call Package/python-attrs/Default)
-  TITLE:=python3-attrs
+  TITLE:=Classes Without Boilerplate
   DEPENDS:=+PACKAGE_python3-attrs:python3-light
   VARIANT:=python3
 endef
diff --git a/lang/python/python-automat/Makefile b/lang/python/python-automat/Makefile
index 8ddaad087..0c0ae5947 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-automat/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-automat/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-automat
-PKG_VERSION:=0.6.0
+PKG_VERSION:=0.7.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=Automat-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/A/Automat
-PKG_HASH:=3c1fd04ecf08ac87b4dd3feae409542e9bf7827257097b2b6ed5692f69d6f6a8
+PKG_HASH:=cbd78b83fa2d81fe2a4d23d258e1661dd7493c9a50ee2f1a5b2cac61c1793b0e
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(BUILD_VARIANT)-automat-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
diff --git a/lang/python/python-automat/patches/001-do-not-use-setuptools-scm-m2r.patch b/lang/python/python-automat/patches/001-do-not-use-setuptools-scm-m2r.patch
index 46fd24156..babcda4b1 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-automat/patches/001-do-not-use-setuptools-scm-m2r.patch
+++ b/lang/python/python-automat/patches/001-do-not-use-setuptools-scm-m2r.patch
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@
 -        'm2r',
 -    ],
      install_requires=[
-         "attrs",
+         "attrs>=16.1.0",
          "six",
diff --git a/lang/python/python-automat/patches/002-omit-visualize.patch b/lang/python/python-automat/patches/002-omit-visualize.patch
index bea12d37a..0d68d891f 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-automat/patches/002-omit-visualize.patch
+++ b/lang/python/python-automat/patches/002-omit-visualize.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- a/setup.py
 +++ b/setup.py
 @@ -27,15 +27,6 @@ setup(
-         "attrs",
+         "attrs>=16.1.0",
          "six",
      ],
 -    extras_require={
diff --git a/lang/python/python-automat/patches/003-omit-tests.patch b/lang/python/python-automat/patches/003-omit-tests.patch
index 8742aa3ef..774b683d8 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-automat/patches/003-omit-tests.patch
+++ b/lang/python/python-automat/patches/003-omit-tests.patch
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 +    packages=find_packages(exclude=["*._test", "*._test.*"]),
      package_dir={'automat': 'automat'},
      install_requires=[
-         "attrs",
+         "attrs>=16.1.0",
 @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ setup(
      author='Glyph',
      author_email='glyph@twistedmatrix.com',
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 +    exclude_package_data={'':['_test/*']},
      license="MIT",
      keywords='fsm finite state machine automata',
- )
+     classifiers=[
diff --git a/lang/python/python-hyperlink/Makefile b/lang/python/python-hyperlink/Makefile
index 7f1d24138..36613abc1 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-hyperlink/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-hyperlink/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-hyperlink
-PKG_VERSION:=17.3.1
+PKG_VERSION:=18.0.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=hyperlink-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/h/hyperlink
-PKG_HASH:=bc4ffdbde9bdad204d507bd8f554f16bba82dd356f6130cb16f41422909c33bc
+PKG_HASH:=f01b4ff744f14bc5d0a22a6b9f1525ab7d6312cb0ff967f59414bbac52f0a306
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(BUILD_VARIANT)-hyperlink-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
@@ -37,14 +37,18 @@ endef
 define Package/python-hyperlink
 $(call Package/python-hyperlink/Default)
   TITLE:=Pure-Python immutable URLs
-  DEPENDS:=+PACKAGE_python-hyperlink:python-light
+  DEPENDS:= \
+      +PACKAGE_python-hyperlink:python-light \
+      +PACKAGE_python-hyperlink:python-idna
   VARIANT:=python
 endef
 
 define Package/python3-hyperlink
 $(call Package/python-hyperlink/Default)
   TITLE:=Pure-Python immutable URLs
-  DEPENDS:=+PACKAGE_python3-hyperlink:python3-light
+  DEPENDS:= \
+      +PACKAGE_python3-hyperlink:python3-light \
+      +PACKAGE_python3-hyperlink:python3-idna
   VARIANT:=python3
 endef
 
diff --git a/lang/python/python-ipaddress/Makefile b/lang/python/python-ipaddress/Makefile
index 3cafd5e3c..333ea3ee3 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-ipaddress/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-ipaddress/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-ipaddress
-PKG_VERSION:=1.0.19
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=1.0.22
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=ipaddress-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://pypi.python.org/packages/f0/ba/860a4a3e283456d6b7e2ab39ce5cf11a3490ee1a363652ac50abf9f0f5df
-PKG_HASH:=200d8686011d470b5e4de207d803445deee427455cd0cb7c982b68cf82524f81
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/i/ipaddress
+PKG_HASH:=b146c751ea45cad6188dd6cf2d9b757f6f4f8d6ffb96a023e6f2e26eea02a72c
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(BUILD_VARIANT)-ipaddress-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/python-ipaddress
 $(call Package/python-ipaddress/Default)
-  TITLE:=python-ipaddress
+  TITLE:=Python 3.3+'s ipaddress
   DEPENDS:=+PACKAGE_python-ipaddress:python-light
   VARIANT:=python
 endef
diff --git a/lang/python/python-ply/Makefile b/lang/python/python-ply/Makefile
index 697020402..85aa740a3 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-ply/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-ply/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-ply
-PKG_VERSION:=3.10
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=3.11
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=ply-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.dabeaz.com/ply
-PKG_HASH:=96e94af7dd7031d8d6dd6e2a8e0de593b511c211a86e28a9c9621c275ac8bacb
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.dabeaz.com/ply \
+                https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/ply
+PKG_HASH:=00c7c1aaa88358b9c765b6d3000c6eec0ba42abca5351b095321aef446081da3
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(BUILD_VARIANT)-ply-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
@@ -36,14 +37,14 @@ endef
 
 define Package/python-ply
 $(call Package/python-ply/Default)
-  TITLE:=python-ply
+  TITLE:=lex and yacc for Python
   DEPENDS:=+PACKAGE_python-ply:python-light
   VARIANT:=python
 endef
 
 define Package/python3-ply
 $(call Package/python-ply/Default)
-  TITLE:=python3-ply
+  TITLE:=lex and yacc for Python
   DEPENDS:=+PACKAGE_python3-ply:python3-light
   VARIANT:=python3
 endef
diff --git a/lang/python/python-pyasn1/Makefile b/lang/python/python-pyasn1/Makefile
index 6129f3d43..cb97aabfe 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-pyasn1/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-pyasn1/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-pyasn1
-PKG_VERSION:=0.4.2
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=0.4.3
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=pyasn1-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://pypi.python.org/packages/eb/3d/b7d0fdf4a882e26674c68c20f40682491377c4db1439870f5b6f862f76ed
-PKG_HASH:=d258b0a71994f7770599835249cece1caef3c70def868c4915e6e5ca49b67d15
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/pyasn1
+PKG_HASH:=fb81622d8f3509f0026b0683fe90fea27be7284d3826a5f2edf97f69151ab0fc
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-2-Clause
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE.txt
@@ -31,19 +31,19 @@ define Package/python-pyasn1/Default
   SECTION:=lang
   CATEGORY:=Languages
   SUBMENU:=Python
-  URL:=http://pyasn1.sourceforge.net/
+  URL:=https://github.com/etingof/pyasn1
 endef
 
 define Package/python-pyasn1
 $(call Package/python-pyasn1/Default)
-  TITLE:=python-pyasn1
+  TITLE:=ASN.1 library for Python
   DEPENDS:=+PACKAGE_python-pyasn1:python-light
   VARIANT:=python
 endef
 
 define Package/python3-pyasn1
 $(call Package/python-pyasn1/Default)
-  TITLE:=python3-pyasn1
+  TITLE:=ASN.1 library for Python
   DEPENDS:=+PACKAGE_python3-pyasn1:python3-light
   VARIANT:=python3
 endef
diff --git a/lang/python/python-zope-interface/Makefile b/lang/python/python-zope-interface/Makefile
index 42e248ae5..178f57805 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-zope-interface/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-zope-interface/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-zope-interface
-PKG_VERSION:=4.4.3
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=4.5.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=zope.interface-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://pypi.python.org/packages/bd/d2/25349ed41f9dcff7b3baf87bd88a4c82396cf6e02f1f42bb68657a3132af
-PKG_HASH:=d6d26d5dfbfd60c65152938fcb82f949e8dada37c041f72916fef6621ba5c5ce
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/z/zope.interface
+PKG_HASH:=57c38470d9f57e37afb460c399eb254e7193ac7fb8042bd09bdc001981a9c74c
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(BUILD_VARIANT)-zope-interface-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ endef
 
 define Package/python-zope-interface
 $(call Package/python-zope-interface/Default)
-  TITLE:=python-zope-interface
+  TITLE:=Interfaces for Python
   DEPENDS:=+PACKAGE_python-zope-interface:python-light
   VARIANT:=python
 endef
 
 define Package/python3-zope-interface
 $(call Package/python-zope-interface/Default)
-  TITLE:=python3-zope-interface
+  TITLE:=Interfaces for Python
   DEPENDS:=+PACKAGE_python3-zope-interface:python3-light
   VARIANT:=python3
 endef
@@ -61,18 +61,6 @@ $(call Package/python-zope-interface/description)
 (Variant for Python3)
 endef
 
-define PyPackage/python-zope-interface/filespec
-+|$(PYTHON_PKG_DIR)
--|$(PYTHON_PKG_DIR)/zope/interface/common/tests
--|$(PYTHON_PKG_DIR)/zope/interface/tests
-endef
-
-define Py3Package/python3-zope-interface/filespec
-+|$(PYTHON3_PKG_DIR)
--|$(PYTHON3_PKG_DIR)/zope/interface/common/tests
--|$(PYTHON3_PKG_DIR)/zope/interface/tests
-endef
-
 $(eval $(call PyPackage,python-zope-interface))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,python-zope-interface))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,python-zope-interface-src))
diff --git a/lang/python/python-zope-interface/patches/001-omit-tests.patch b/lang/python/python-zope-interface/patches/001-omit-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95ff7be13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/python-zope-interface/patches/001-omit-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 0eb36ea..2e64aae 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ setup(name='zope.interface',
+         "Framework :: Zope3",
+         "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
+       ],
+-      packages=find_packages('src'),
++      packages=find_packages('src', exclude=["*.tests", "*.tests.*"]),
+       package_dir={'': 'src'},
+       namespace_packages=["zope"],
+       cmdclass={
+@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ setup(name='zope.interface',
+       },
+       test_suite='zope.interface.tests',
+       include_package_data=True,
++      exclude_package_data={'':['tests/*']},
+       zip_safe=False,
+       tests_require=tests_require,
+       install_requires=['setuptools'],
diff --git a/lang/python/twisted/Makefile b/lang/python/twisted/Makefile
index 36c1a779d..35b78172b 100644
--- a/lang/python/twisted/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/twisted/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=twisted
-PKG_VERSION:=17.9.0
+PKG_VERSION:=18.4.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=Twisted-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/T/Twisted
-PKG_HASH:=0da1a7e35d5fcae37bc9c7978970b5feb3bc82822155b8654ec63925c05af75c
+PKG_HASH:=a4cc164a781859c74de47f17f0e85f4bce8a3321a9d0892c015c8f80c4158ad9
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(BUILD_VARIANT)-twisted-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=USE_MUSL:librpc
diff --git a/lang/python/twisted/patches/001-omit-tkconch-patch b/lang/python/twisted/patches/001-omit-tkconch.patch
similarity index 59%
rename from lang/python/twisted/patches/001-omit-tkconch-patch
rename to lang/python/twisted/patches/001-omit-tkconch.patch
index 05ad4c8d6..2e5e401a2 100644
--- a/lang/python/twisted/patches/001-omit-tkconch-patch
+++ b/lang/python/twisted/patches/001-omit-tkconch.patch
@@ -1,22 +1,18 @@
-diff --git a/src/twisted/python/_setup.py b/src/twisted/python/_setup.py
-index 3b5f69d4b..c69c5d13c 100644
 --- a/src/twisted/python/_setup.py
 +++ b/src/twisted/python/_setup.py
-@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ _CONSOLE_SCRIPTS = [
-     "cftp = twisted.conch.scripts.cftp:run",
+@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ _CONSOLE_SCRIPTS = [
      "conch = twisted.conch.scripts.conch:run",
+     "mailmail = twisted.mail.scripts.mailmail:run",
      "pyhtmlizer = twisted.scripts.htmlizer:run",
 -    "tkconch = twisted.conch.scripts.tkconch:run",
      "trial = twisted.scripts.trial:run",
      "twist = twisted.application.twist._twist:Twist.main",
      "twistd = twisted.scripts.twistd:run",
-diff --git a/src/twisted/python/twisted-completion.zsh b/src/twisted/python/twisted-completion.zsh
-index 4d97aa5d3..9a8d4d82e 100644
 --- a/src/twisted/python/twisted-completion.zsh
 +++ b/src/twisted/python/twisted-completion.zsh
 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--#compdef twistd trial conch cftp ckeygen pyhtmlizer tkconch
-+#compdef twistd trial conch cftp ckeygen pyhtmlizer
+-#compdef twist twistd trial conch cftp ckeygen pyhtmlizer tkconch
++#compdef twist twistd trial conch cftp ckeygen pyhtmlizer
  #
  # This is the ZSH completion file for Twisted commands. It calls the current
  # command-line with the special "--_shell-completion" option which is handled
diff --git a/lang/python/twisted/patches/002-omit-tests.patch b/lang/python/twisted/patches/002-omit-tests.patch
index 464962010..7e8109807 100644
--- a/lang/python/twisted/patches/002-omit-tests.patch
+++ b/lang/python/twisted/patches/002-omit-tests.patch
@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
-diff --git a/src/twisted/python/_setup.py b/src/twisted/python/_setup.py
-index 3b5f69d4b..2dca47aa5 100644
 --- a/src/twisted/python/_setup.py
 +++ b/src/twisted/python/_setup.py
-@@ -175,11 +175,6 @@ class ConditionalExtension(Extension, object):
- 
+@@ -169,11 +169,6 @@ class ConditionalExtension(Extension, ob
  # The C extensions used for Twisted.
  _EXTENSIONS = [
--    ConditionalExtension(
+     ConditionalExtension(
 -        "twisted.test.raiser",
 -        sources=["src/twisted/test/raiser.c"],
 -        condition=lambda _: _isCPython),
 -
-     ConditionalExtension(
+-    ConditionalExtension(
          "twisted.internet.iocpreactor.iocpsupport",
          sources=[
-@@ -232,7 +227,7 @@ def getSetupArgs(extensions=_EXTENSIONS):
-     requirements.append("hyperlink >= 17.1.1")
+             "src/twisted/internet/iocpreactor/iocpsupport/iocpsupport.c",
+@@ -240,7 +235,7 @@ def getSetupArgs(extensions=_EXTENSIONS)
+     ]
  
      arguments.update(dict(
 -        packages=find_packages("src"),
@@ -23,7 +21,7 @@ index 3b5f69d4b..2dca47aa5 100644
          use_incremental=True,
          setup_requires=["incremental >= 16.10.1"],
          install_requires=requirements,
-@@ -241,6 +236,7 @@ def getSetupArgs(extensions=_EXTENSIONS):
+@@ -249,6 +244,7 @@ def getSetupArgs(extensions=_EXTENSIONS)
          },
          cmdclass=command_classes,
          include_package_data=True,