diff --git a/python27.yaml b/python27.yaml
index e18a747..885af15 100644
--- a/python27.yaml
+++ b/python27.yaml
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ data:
         ref: fe428e3002127fbbc3d12619403e09f7e4db43a0
       python-backports:
         rationale: Namespace for backported Python features
-        ref: b2cecee7982583fcb9c15f412a77587a13354d82
+        ref: cf94c30f7edfe5aa282b5d0e5c11ffed6f3c1a78
       python-backports-ssl_match_hostname:
         rationale: The ssl.match_hostname() function from Python 3. Dependency of
           urllib3/requests.