diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-requests/template b/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
index a3107558e89..017f46f1b1c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'python-requests'
 pkgname=python-requests
-version=2.12.0
+version=2.12.1
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="requests-${version}"
 build_style="python-module"
-hostmakedepends="
- python-setuptools python3-setuptools python-chardet python3-chardet
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools python-chardet python3-chardet
  python-urllib3 python3-urllib3"
 makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
 depends="python-chardet python-urllib3 ca-certificates"
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://python-requests.org/"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/r/requests/requests-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=57b6c314a2c5f014dce634a0e1eeeb1707741b2e30bc7fee9c5b01fa216d57a3
+checksum=2109ecea94df90980be040490ff1d879971b024861539abb00054062388b612e
 
 pre_build() {
 	# remove bundled cacerts
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ pre_build() {
 }
 post_install() {
 	# replace bundled copy of chardet and urllib3
-	for pyver in $python_versions; do
+	for pyver in $py2_ver $py3_ver; do
 		rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/python${pyver}/site-packages/requests/packages/{chardet,urllib3}
 		ln -sf ../../chardet ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/python${pyver}/site-packages/requests/packages/chardet
 		ln -sf ../../urllib3 ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/python${pyver}/site-packages/requests/packages/urllib3