diff --git a/cloudfunctions-py/project.toml b/cloudfunctions-py/project.toml
index 50b7600..cd982fa 100644
--- a/cloudfunctions-py/project.toml
+++ b/cloudfunctions-py/project.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 [[ io.buildpacks.group ]]
     id = "paketo-buildpacks/python"
-    version = "2.40.0"
+    version = "2.44.1"
 
 [[ io.buildpacks.build.env ]]
     name = "BP_CPYTHON_VERSION"