diff --git a/python/typing/typing.SlackBuild b/python/typing/typing.SlackBuild
index 584c2f4fe8..1afca619ca 100644
--- a/python/typing/typing.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/typing/typing.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for typing
 
-# Copyright 2016  Dimitris Zlatanidis  Orestiada, Greece
+# Copyright 2016-2017  Dimitris Zlatanidis  Orestiada, Greece
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=typing
-VERSION=${VERSION:-3.5.2.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-3.6.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/python/typing/typing.info b/python/typing/typing.info
index e3efa9ab2a..269ed911a6 100644
--- a/python/typing/typing.info
+++ b/python/typing/typing.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="typing"
-VERSION="3.5.2.2"
+VERSION="3.6.1"
 HOMEPAGE="https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/typing.html"
-DOWNLOAD="https://pypi.python.org/packages/19/2f/b1090ace275335a9c0dde9a4623b109b7960a2b5370ae59d1eb1539afd8a/typing-3.5.2.2.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="61ffbe736df9f419563dbfffa64ebb7d"
+DOWNLOAD="https://pypi.python.org/packages/17/75/3698d7992a828ad6d7be99c0a888b75ed173a9280e53dbae67326029b60e/typing-3.6.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="3fec97415bae6f742fb3c3013dedeb89"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""