diff --git a/comms/py-esptool/Makefile b/comms/py-esptool/Makefile
index 4d07d62a9079..bfcbb5263879 100644
--- a/comms/py-esptool/Makefile
+++ b/comms/py-esptool/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	esptool
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.5.0
+DISTVERSION=	2.5.1
 CATEGORIES=	comms python
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
diff --git a/comms/py-esptool/distinfo b/comms/py-esptool/distinfo
index b452a8484764..8c0043f90422 100644
--- a/comms/py-esptool/distinfo
+++ b/comms/py-esptool/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1532614101
-SHA256 (espressif-esptool-v2.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = c18e57b3c012fc1ac4caeebf388949d1704b6c602b3489fe19b13e24cbc01f24
-SIZE (espressif-esptool-v2.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 4042607
+TIMESTAMP = 1545284851
+SHA256 (espressif-esptool-v2.5.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 6730b69d8ba09ff09f845873eaeef352bd18a4ee24b31b0898fd8fc5f178c037
+SIZE (espressif-esptool-v2.5.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 4042666