diff --git a/lang/python/python-dbus-fast/Makefile b/lang/python/python-dbus-fast/Makefile
index a0f653d33ea6ce..48b7524f630578 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-dbus-fast/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-dbus-fast/Makefile
@@ -7,18 +7,18 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-dbus-fast
-PKG_VERSION:=2.21.1
+PKG_VERSION:=4.0.4
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PYPI_NAME:=dbus-fast
 PYPI_SOURCE_NAME:=dbus_fast
-PKG_HASH:=87b852d2005f1d59399ca51c5f3538f28a4742d739d7abe82b7ae8d01d8a5d02
+PKG_HASH:=43137f0b73a7adbf7d5c0e9eb9d8d34df9e6e0aeafade2166e641c52dfe0a853
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Quintin Hill <stuff@quintin.me.uk>
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
 
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=python-poetry-core/host python-cython/host python-wheel/host
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=python-poetry-core/host python-cython/host python-wheel/host python-setuptools/host
 
 include ../pypi.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ define Package/python3-dbus-fast
   SUBMENU:=Python
   TITLE:=A faster version of dbus-next
   URL:=https://github.com/Bluetooth-Devices/dbus-fast
-  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +python3-async-timeout +python3-asyncio \
-	+python3-logging +python3-urllib +python3-xml
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +python3-xml +python3-asyncio +python3-logging
 endef
 
 define Package/python3-dbus-fast/description
diff --git a/lang/python/python-dbus-fast/test.sh b/lang/python/python-dbus-fast/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000000..30ff408fb9396d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/python-dbus-fast/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+[ "$1" = python3-dbus-fast ] || exit 0
+
+PKG_VERSION="$2"
+
+python3 - "$PKG_VERSION" << 'EOF'
+import sys
+from dbus_fast.message import Message
+from dbus_fast.constants import MessageType
+from dbus_fast.signature import Variant
+from dbus_fast.__version__ import __version__
+
+assert __version__ == sys.argv[1], f"expected {sys.argv[1]}, got {__version__}"
+
+msg = Message(
+    message_type=MessageType.METHOD_CALL,
+    path="/org/example/Test",
+    interface="org.example.Test",
+    member="TestMethod",
+)
+assert msg.path == "/org/example/Test"
+assert msg.interface == "org.example.Test"
+assert msg.member == "TestMethod"
+
+v = Variant("s", "hello")
+assert v.type.token == "s"
+assert v.value == "hello"
+
+print("python3-dbus-fast OK")
+EOF
diff --git a/lang/python/python-pypubsub/Makefile b/lang/python/python-pypubsub/Makefile
index eca43bf5c15881..ae7491d87c19a6 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-pypubsub/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-pypubsub/Makefile
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-pypubsub
-PKG_VERSION:=4.0.3
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=4.0.7
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PYPI_NAME:=Pypubsub
 PYPI_SOURCE_NAME:=pypubsub
-PKG_HASH:=32d662de3ade0fb0880da92df209c62a4803684de5ccb8d19421c92747a258c7
+PKG_HASH:=ec8b5cb147624958320e992602380cc5d0e4b36b1c59844d05e425a3003c09dc
 
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=python-setuptools/host
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=python-setuptools/host python-setuptools-scm/host
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Austin Lane <vidplace7@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-2-Clause
diff --git a/lang/python/python-pypubsub/patches/001-relax-setuptools-constraint.patch b/lang/python/python-pypubsub/patches/001-relax-setuptools-constraint.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..527a239fec32de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/python-pypubsub/patches/001-relax-setuptools-constraint.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- a/pyproject.toml
++++ b/pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ [build-system]
+-requires = ["setuptools>=68,<77", "wheel", "setuptools-scm>=7"]
++requires = ["setuptools>=68", "wheel", "setuptools-scm>=7"]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+ 
+ [project]
diff --git a/lang/python/python-pypubsub/patches/002-exclude-contrib-from-install.patch b/lang/python/python-pypubsub/patches/002-exclude-contrib-from-install.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..54b3c4074481ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/python-pypubsub/patches/002-exclude-contrib-from-install.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+--- a/pyproject.toml
++++ b/pyproject.toml
+@@ -62,3 +62,4 @@ pubsub = ["LICENSE_BSD_Simple.txt", "REL
+ 
+ [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+ where = ["src"]
++exclude = ["contrib*"]
diff --git a/lang/python/python-pypubsub/test.sh b/lang/python/python-pypubsub/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000000..9b1eba5bb12b64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/python-pypubsub/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+[ "$1" = python3-pypubsub ] || exit 0
+
+python3 - << 'EOF'
+from pubsub import pub
+
+received = []
+
+def on_message(msg):
+    received.append(msg)
+
+pub.subscribe(on_message, "test.topic")
+pub.sendMessage("test.topic", msg="hello")
+
+assert received == ["hello"], f"Expected ['hello'], got {received}"
+
+pub.unsubscribe(on_message, "test.topic")
+pub.sendMessage("test.topic", msg="world")
+assert received == ["hello"], "Unsubscribed listener should not receive messages"
+
+print("python3-pypubsub OK")
+EOF