diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-docutils_0.19.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-docutils_0.19.bb
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@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-SUMMARY = "Docutils is a modular system for processing documentation into useful formats"
-HOMEPAGE = "http://docutils.sourceforge.net"
-SECTION = "devel/python"
-LICENSE = "PSF-2.0 & BSD-2-Clause & GPL-3.0-only"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING.txt;md5=41001b296a89bb2780bbe306e947ecee"
-
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "33995a6753c30b7f577febfc2c50411fec6aac7f7ffeb7c4cfe5991072dcf9e6"
-
-inherit pypi setuptools3
-
-BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-docutils_0.20.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-docutils_0.20.1.bb
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@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+# FIXME: the LIC_FILES_CHKSUM values have been updated by 'devtool upgrade'.
+# The following is the difference between the old and the new license text.
+# Please update the LICENSE value if needed, and summarize the changes in
+# the commit message via 'License-Update:' tag.
+# (example: 'License-Update: copyright years updated.')
+#
+# The changes:
+#
+# --- COPYING.txt
+# +++ COPYING.txt
+# @@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
+# +.. include:: docs/header0.txt
+# +
+#  ==================
+#   Copying Docutils
+#  ==================
+#  
+#  :Author: David Goodger
+#  :Contact: goodger@python.org
+# -:Date: $Date: 2022-05-30 18:54:46 +0200 (Mo, 30. Mai 2022) $
+# +:Date: $Date: 2022-11-29 00:55:25 +0100 (Di, 29. Nov 2022) $
+#  :Web site: https://docutils.sourceforge.io/
+#  :Copyright: This document has been placed in the public domain.
+#  
+#  Most of the files included in this project have been placed in the
+#  public domain, and therefore have no license requirements and no
+#  restrictions on copying or usage; see the `Public Domain Dedication`_
+# -below.  There are a few exceptions_, listed below.
+# +below.  There are exceptions_, listed below.
+#  Files in the Sandbox_ are not distributed with Docutils releases and
+#  may have different license terms.
+#  
+# @@ -87,8 +89,8 @@
+#    Released under the terms of the `BSD 2-Clause License`_
+#    (`local copy <licenses/BSD-2-Clause.txt>`__).
+#  
+# -* docutils/utils/math/math2html.py,
+# -  docutils/writers/html5_polyglot/math.css
+# +* | docutils/utils/math/math2html.py,
+# +  | docutils/writers/html5_polyglot/math.css
+#  
+#    Copyright © 2009,2010 Alex Fernández; 2021 Günter Milde
+#  
+# @@ -99,28 +101,28 @@
+#  
+#    .. _eLyXer: https://github.com/alexfernandez/elyxer
+#  
+# -* docutils/__main__.py,
+# -  docutils/parsers/commonmark_wrapper.py,
+# -  docutils/parsers/recommonmark_wrapper.py,
+# -  docutils/utils/error_reporting.py,
+# -  docutils/utils/math/__init__.py,
+# -  docutils/utils/math/latex2mathml.py,
+# -  docutils/utils/math/tex2mathml_extern.py,
+# -  docutils/utils/punctuation_chars.py,
+# -  docutils/utils/smartquotes.py,
+# -  docutils/writers/html5_polyglot/__init__.py,
+# -  docutils/writers/html5_polyglot/*.css,
+# -  docutils/writers/latex2e/docutils.sty,
+# -  docutils/writers/xetex/__init__.py,
+# -  test/test_parsers/test_recommonmark/\*.py,
+# -  test/test_parsers/test_rst/test_directives/test__init__.py,
+# -  test/test_parsers/test_rst/test_directives/test_code_parsing.py,
+# -  test/test_parsers/test_rst/test_line_length_limit_default.py,
+# -  test/test_parsers/test_rst/test_line_length_limit.py,
+# -  test/test_writers/test_latex2e_misc.py,
+# -  test/transforms/test_smartquotes.py,
+# -  tools/docutils-cli.py,
+# -  tools/rst2html5.py
+# +* | docutils/__main__.py,
+# +  | docutils/parsers/commonmark_wrapper.py,
+# +  | docutils/parsers/recommonmark_wrapper.py,
+# +  | docutils/utils/error_reporting.py,
+# +  | docutils/utils/math/__init__.py,
+# +  | docutils/utils/math/latex2mathml.py,
+# +  | docutils/utils/math/tex2mathml_extern.py,
+# +  | docutils/utils/punctuation_chars.py,
+# +  | docutils/utils/smartquotes.py,
+# +  | docutils/writers/html5_polyglot/__init__.py,
+# +  | docutils/writers/html5_polyglot/\*.css,
+# +  | docutils/writers/latex2e/docutils.sty,
+# +  | docutils/writers/xetex/__init__.py,
+# +  | test/test_parsers/test_recommonmark/\*.py,
+# +  | test/test_parsers/test_rst/test_directives/test__init__.py,
+# +  | test/test_parsers/test_rst/test_directives/test_code_parsing.py,
+# +  | test/test_parsers/test_rst/test_line_length_limit_default.py,
+# +  | test/test_parsers/test_rst/test_line_length_limit.py,
+# +  | test/test_writers/test_latex2e_misc.py,
+# +  | test/transforms/test_smartquotes.py,
+# +  | tools/docutils-cli.py,
+# +  | tools/rst2html5.py
+#  
+#    Copyright © Günter Milde.
+#    Released under the terms of the `BSD 2-Clause License`_
+# 
+#
+
+SUMMARY = "Docutils is a modular system for processing documentation into useful formats"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://docutils.sourceforge.net"
+SECTION = "devel/python"
+LICENSE = "PSF-2.0 & BSD-2-Clause & GPL-3.0-only"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING.txt;md5=08f5f8aa6a1db2500c08a2bb558e45af"
+
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "f08a4e276c3a1583a86dce3e34aba3fe04d02bba2dd51ed16106244e8a923e3b"
+
+inherit pypi setuptools3
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
