diff --git a/pip/requirements.txt b/pip/requirements.txt
index d3a9a0e73f3..7c59cdb5982 100644
--- a/pip/requirements.txt
+++ b/pip/requirements.txt
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ nose-parameterized==0.6.0; python_version>'3.0'
 nose==1.3.7; python_version>'3.0'
 node-semver==0.8.0 ; python_version>'3.0'
 notebook==6.2.0 ; python_version>'3.0'
-numba==0.52.0 ; python_version>'3.0'
+numba==0.53.0 ; python_version>'3.0'
 numexpr==2.7.2; python_version>'3.0'
 numpy==1.16.6 ; python_version<'3.0'
 #numpy 1.19 needs an updated tensorflow
diff --git a/python3.spec b/python3.spec
index 76496ec02d0..6b10ccddd4d 100644
--- a/python3.spec
+++ b/python3.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### RPM external python3 3.8.2
+### RPM external python3 3.9.6
 ## INITENV +PATH PATH %{i}/bin
 ## INITENV +PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH %{i}/lib
 ## INITENV SETV PYTHON3_LIB_SITE_PACKAGES lib/python%{pythonv}/site-packages