diff --git a/packages/asciinema/build.sh b/packages/asciinema/build.sh
index 9d5b400f0..f9b065c28 100644
--- a/packages/asciinema/build.sh
+++ b/packages/asciinema/build.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://asciinema.org/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Record and share your terminal sessions, the right way"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-3.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.0.2
-TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=4
+TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=5
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema/archive/v${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=2578a1b5611e5375771ef6582a6533ef8d40cdbed1ba1c87786fd23af625ab68
 # ncurses-utils for tput which asciinema uses:
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
 TERMUX_PKG_PLATFORM_INDEPENDENT=true
 TERMUX_PKG_HAS_DEBUG=false
 
-_PYTHON_VERSION=3.8
+_PYTHON_VERSION=3.9
 
 TERMUX_PKG_RM_AFTER_INSTALL="
 lib/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages/easy-install.pth