diff --git a/programming/language/python/python-configparser/actions.py b/programming/language/python/python-configparser/actions.py
index 08888ac0b6..a6514da9b9 100644
--- a/programming/language/python/python-configparser/actions.py
+++ b/programming/language/python/python-configparser/actions.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from pisi.actionsapi import pythonmodules
 from pisi.actionsapi import shelltools
 
-shelltools.export("SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION","4.0.2")
+shelltools.export("SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION","5.0.0")
 
 def build():
     pythonmodules.compile()
diff --git a/programming/language/python/python-configparser/pspec.xml b/programming/language/python/python-configparser/pspec.xml
index 9719d57b58..49f33d8f06 100644
--- a/programming/language/python/python-configparser/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/python/python-configparser/pspec.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <IsA>library</IsA>
         <Summary>Backport of configparser from Python 3.</Summary>
         <Description>The ancient ConfigParser module available in the standard library 2.x has seen a major update in Python 3.2. This is a backport of those changes so that they can be used directly in Python 2.6 - 3.5.</Description>
-        <Archive sha1sum="10840d869ec6acf99c2a5ad64a7156eaada02834" type="targz">https://github.com/jaraco/configparser/archive/v4.0.2.tar.gz</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="541ae6f58cea5c320c6c0eef5b93bbb5bbfdd97a" type="targz">https://github.com/jaraco/configparser/archive/v5.0.0.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>python-setuptools-scm</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python-setuptools</Dependency>
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+        <Update release="2">
+            <Date>2020-03-27</Date>
+            <Version>5.0.0</Version>
+            <Comment>Major version bump.</Comment>
+            <Name>Blue Devil</Name>
+            <Email>bluedevil@sctzine.com</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="1">
             <Date>2020-02-17</Date>
             <Version>4.0.2</Version>