diff --git a/lang/python/django/Makefile b/lang/python/django/Makefile
index 619884a2de3a7..9cf5278e490d7 100644
--- a/lang/python/django/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/django/Makefile
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=django
-PKG_VERSION:=5.1.3
+PKG_VERSION:=5.1.4
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PYPI_NAME:=Django
-PKG_HASH:=c0fa0e619c39325a169208caef234f90baa925227032ad3f44842ba14d75234a
+PKG_HASH:=de450c09e91879fa5a307f696e57c851955c910a438a35e6b4c895e86bedc82a
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Alexandru Ardelean <ardeleanalex@gmail.com>, Peter Stadler <peter.stadler@student.uibk.ac.at>
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-3-Clause
diff --git a/lang/python/django/test.sh b/lang/python/django/test.sh
index 40eecc1744d59..b6e9a1ed6807a 100644
--- a/lang/python/django/test.sh
+++ b/lang/python/django/test.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-[ "$1" = "python3-django" ] || exit 0
-
 GOT_VER=$(/usr/bin/django-admin version)
 [ "$GOT_VER" = "$2" ] || {
 	echo "Incorrect version: expected '$2' ; obtained '$GOT_VER'"
diff --git a/lang/python/python-et_xmlfile/Makefile b/lang/python/python-et_xmlfile/Makefile
index 10c04d004d15d..bc5457b2dda64 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-et_xmlfile/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-et_xmlfile/Makefile
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-et_xmlfile
-PKG_VERSION:=1.1.0
+PKG_VERSION:=2.0.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Alexandru Ardelean <ardeleanalex@gmail.com>, Eneas U de Queiroz <cotequeiroz@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
 
 PYPI_NAME:=et_xmlfile
-PKG_HASH:=8eb9e2bc2f8c97e37a2dc85a09ecdcdec9d8a396530a6d5a33b30b9a92da0c5c
+PKG_HASH:=dab3f4764309081ce75662649be815c4c9081e88f0837825f90fd28317d4da54
 
 include ../pypi.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
diff --git a/lang/python/python-et_xmlfile/test.sh b/lang/python/python-et_xmlfile/test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cb4e5af26697e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/python-et_xmlfile/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+EXPECTED_VER="$2"
+
+python3 - << EOF
+
+import sys
+from io import BytesIO
+from xml.etree.ElementTree import Element
+
+from et_xmlfile import xmlfile
+
+if (et_xmlfile.__version__ != "$EXPECTED_VER"):
+    print("Invalid version obtained '" + et_xmlfile.__version__ + "'")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+out = BytesIO()
+with xmlfile(out) as xf:
+    el = Element("root")
+    xf.write(el) # write the XML straight to the file-like object
+
+if (out.getvalue() != b"<root />"):
+    print("Does not seem to work")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+sys.exit(0)
+
+EOF
+
diff --git a/lang/python/python-lxml/Makefile b/lang/python/python-lxml/Makefile
index d517cd8401511..4253d92367bfd 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-lxml/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-lxml/Makefile
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-lxml
-PKG_VERSION:=5.2.2
+PKG_VERSION:=5.3.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PYPI_NAME:=lxml
-PKG_HASH:=bb2dc4898180bea79863d5487e5f9c7c34297414bad54bcd0f0852aee9cfdb87
+PKG_HASH:=4e109ca30d1edec1ac60cdbe341905dc3b8f55b16855e03a54aaf59e51ec8c6f
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-3-Clause
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSES.txt
diff --git a/lang/python/python-lxml/patches/001-downgrade-cython-requirement.patch b/lang/python/python-lxml/patches/001-downgrade-cython-requirement.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f73f46c737b62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/python-lxml/patches/001-downgrade-cython-requirement.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- a/pyproject.toml
++++ b/pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ [build-system]
+-requires = ["Cython>=3.0.11", "setuptools", "wheel"]
++requires = ["Cython>=3.0.10", "setuptools", "wheel"]
+ 
+ [tool.cibuildwheel]
+ build-verbosity = 2
diff --git a/lang/python/python-lxml/test.sh b/lang/python/python-lxml/test.sh
index 6ea15a0e8e4d3..e175d9239cd64 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-lxml/test.sh
+++ b/lang/python/python-lxml/test.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-[ "$1" = "python3-lxml" ] || exit 0
-
 EXP_VER="$2"
 
 python3 - << EOF