diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-websocket-client/template b/srcpkgs/python-websocket-client/template
index a88cb0c4f1e..4d32db7754e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-websocket-client/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-websocket-client/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'python-websocket-client'
 pkgname=python-websocket-client
-version=0.40.0
+version=0.43.0
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="websocket_client-${version}"
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ depends="python-six ca-certificates"
 pycompile_module="websocket"
 short_desc="WebSocket client for Python2"
 maintainer="Sergi Alvarez <pancake@nopcode.org>"
-homepage="https://github.com/liris/websocket-client"
+homepage="https://github.com/websocket-client/websocket-client"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/w/websocket-client/websocket_client-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=40ac14a0c54e14d22809a5c8d553de5a2ae45de3c60105fae53bcb281b3fe6fb
+checksum=855480b97d24a1beec4940402c87889ca0a63d551edbc79df7fc390c77feed4a
 alternatives="websocket-client:wsdump:/usr/bin/wsdump.py2"
 
 pre_build() {
+	sed -i "s|'backports.ssl_match_hostname'||" setup.py
 	# use system certs
 	rm -f websocket/cacert.pem
 }