diff --git a/python/python3-babel/python3-babel.SlackBuild b/python/python3-babel/python3-babel.SlackBuild
index 4b29f70a9d..7682c02634 100644
--- a/python/python3-babel/python3-babel.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/python3-babel/python3-babel.SlackBuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Slackware build script for python3-babel
 #
 # Copyright 2013-2018 Matteo Bernardini <ponce@slackbuilds.org>, Pisa, Italy
-# Copyright 2019-2020 Benjamin Trigona-Harany <slackbuilds@jaxartes.net>
+# Copyright 2019-2021 Benjamin Trigona-Harany <slackbuilds@jaxartes.net>
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=python3-babel
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.8.1}
-CLDRVER=${CLDRVER:-36}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.9.0}
+CLDRVER=${CLDRVER:-37}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/python/python3-babel/python3-babel.info b/python/python3-babel/python3-babel.info
index e180a2106e..7251264b6b 100644
--- a/python/python3-babel/python3-babel.info
+++ b/python/python3-babel/python3-babel.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="python3-babel"
 VERSION="2.8.1"
 HOMEPAGE="http://babel.pocoo.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/python-babel/babel/archive/v2.8.1/babel-2.8.1.tar.gz \
-          https://unicode.org/Public/cldr/36/core.zip"
-MD5SUM="779c3c58f1c1426888765e104e86c7e2 \
-        3ce45e73229db9c69a8bc09fbebb97ba"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/python-babel/babel/archive/v2.9.0/babel-2.9.0.tar.gz \
+          https://unicode.org/Public/cldr/37/core.zip"
+MD5SUM="91cd179d285e0e2e5392a8ba3443931d \
+        40c0f5fbf8e2e2ad26047ecce6f6b07f"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="python3 pytz"