diff --git a/package/base/python/python.desc b/package/base/python/python.desc
index 8700fe92c..30de79ea3 100644
--- a/package/base/python/python.desc
+++ b/package/base/python/python.desc
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@
 
 [L] OpenSource
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.4
+[V] 2.4.2
 [P] X -?---5---9 122.400
 
-[D] 592612117 Python-2.4.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.python.org/pub/python/2.4/
+[D] 3924408182 Python-2.4.2.tar.bz2 http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.2/
+
+[CV-URL] http://www.python.org/download/