diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-mako_1.3.12.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-mako_1.4.0.bb
similarity index 39%
rename from meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-mako_1.3.12.bb
rename to meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-mako_1.4.0.bb
index b2c1a8dad8..bb20342170 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-mako_1.3.12.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-mako_1.4.0.bb
@@ -1,14 +1,33 @@
+# 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:
+#
+# --- LICENSE
+# +++ LICENSE
+# @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+# -Copyright 2006-2025 the Mako authors and contributors <see AUTHORS file>.
+# +Copyright 2006-2026 the Mako authors and contributors <see AUTHORS file>.
+#  
+#  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+#  this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+# 
+#
+
 SUMMARY = "Templating library for Python"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.makotemplates.org/"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=73026b50800163bd3c75cfdc121d9eb5"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=c79ceff89df0a72f29bb0e1b6f0e36ed"
 
 PYPI_PACKAGE = "mako"
 
 inherit pypi python_setuptools_build_meta ptest-python-pytest
 
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "9f778e93289bd410bb35daadeb4fc66d95a746f0b75777b942088b7fd7af550a"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "61aac9619e1325fa6e7be2f8dd463caef61247b3cd32a41a8692684548269ce3"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} = "python3-html \
                   python3-markupsafe \