diff --git a/main/python3/APKBUILD b/main/python3/APKBUILD
index 3e5f2861897dd8ca8419238e9ad31250f4b582e2..ce4876d269c46c14af762a83cb3853d32413b503 100644
--- a/main/python3/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/python3/APKBUILD
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 
 pkgname=python3
 # the python3-tkinter's pkgver needs to be synchronized with this.
-pkgver=3.8.7
+pkgver=3.8.8
 _bluez_ver=5.54
 _basever="${pkgver%.*}"
-pkgrel=3
+pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="A high-level scripting language"
 url="https://www.python.org/"
 arch="all"
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ source="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/$pkgver/Python-$pkgver.tar.xz
 	custom-bluetooth-h-path.patch
 	arm-alignment.patch
 	mpdecimal-2.5.1.patch
-	test_nntplib.patch
-	ece5dfd403dac211f8d3c72701fe7ba7b7aa5b5f.patch
 	"
 builddir="$srcdir/Python-$pkgver"
 
 # secfixes:
+#   3.8.8-r0:
+#     - CVE-2021-23336
 #   3.8.7-r2:
 #     - CVE-2021-3177
 #   3.8.5-r0:
@@ -188,12 +188,10 @@ wininst() {
 		"$subpkgdir"/usr/lib/python$_basever/distutils/command
 }
 
-sha512sums="6a27d8eab3076930df46b0cf127f9b664f8d4147349b2b98132f464deb7f69d87e0167e8ee8e6c64249125ad73760d965ecbc81c252b63a1e7aac95594c62b74  Python-3.8.7.tar.xz
+sha512sums="64181db5aa48281284a3230436ebfb8cb91b645a9dec956fd48c0048334498477073fc4e14d6b426d0ef7fbcdcfd5d59cbf01a504e6c9014dc9529494b9309fb  Python-3.8.8.tar.xz
 e19d15d3a478a7af47c1921c8827843492e38787b1182152155bd3d8ad9e1d8ee25c5fda1f24e38c54ebbf946b09fe75007dca9a24d1c35f73303558e558dcbe  bluez-5.54.tar.xz
 37b6ee5d0d5de43799316aa111423ba5a666c17dc7f81b04c330f59c1d1565540eac4c585abe2199bbed52ebe7426001edb1c53bd0a17486a2a8e052d0f494ad  fix-xattrs-glibc.patch
 ab8eaa2858d5109049b1f9f553198d40e0ef8d78211ad6455f7b491af525bffb16738fed60fc84e960c4889568d25753b9e4a1494834fea48291b33f07000ec2  musl-find_library.patch
 d489b5d5f374e2b298954a2388771e500c6cf9b274012e06b3e71a34aa85c354369b3fa2a37c3121808075c1f1f340a9fa097996c149399e10b9424170211d90  custom-bluetooth-h-path.patch
 a84483246e413650a904c34c18f5e4f4168c39067d069f48557c330de6eb3db19fd96a4d453d742db3dcb7c7f962722903f62823c752ff90510c89830435ffc0  arm-alignment.patch
-d95e36ef3c315a2ddf689c9319e027cf56e8817b0cae139e3ade4742ab6f9efcb3cc4adca178e9bbc8757bd0e3fb924ac2b37e66e70eaa7288202a25339eed7d  mpdecimal-2.5.1.patch
-f0b2da4937cac618c40b9e2b6e332de321cd6d292820f11a74122a6c1440f4dadc73dead6a1cf07ea54af3c4db66e0ba38af83f139f7d5f77d479c179376139d  test_nntplib.patch
-62b9b25c40e1fe2bfd068cfa056fb7a0a8d5ef1b00256a216efbaa7c36c2fc2f292e20776ccf7c43affb427232b2e6b9348845076e29f9621e48b06fc13e29e2  ece5dfd403dac211f8d3c72701fe7ba7b7aa5b5f.patch"
+d95e36ef3c315a2ddf689c9319e027cf56e8817b0cae139e3ade4742ab6f9efcb3cc4adca178e9bbc8757bd0e3fb924ac2b37e66e70eaa7288202a25339eed7d  mpdecimal-2.5.1.patch"
diff --git a/main/python3/ece5dfd403dac211f8d3c72701fe7ba7b7aa5b5f.patch b/main/python3/ece5dfd403dac211f8d3c72701fe7ba7b7aa5b5f.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f32054f3806856179006bc97a0dfdc58fec77f7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/main/python3/ece5dfd403dac211f8d3c72701fe7ba7b7aa5b5f.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,186 +0,0 @@
-From ece5dfd403dac211f8d3c72701fe7ba7b7aa5b5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: "Miss Islington (bot)"
- <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com>
-Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 13:28:52 -0800
-Subject: [PATCH] closes bpo-42938: Replace snprintf with Python unicode
- formatting in ctypes param reprs. (GH-24248)
-
-(cherry picked from commit 916610ef90a0d0761f08747f7b0905541f0977c7)
-
-Co-authored-by: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>
-
-Co-authored-by: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>
----
- Lib/ctypes/test/test_parameters.py            | 43 ++++++++++++++++
- .../2021-01-18-09-27-31.bpo-42938.4Zn4Mp.rst  |  2 +
- Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c                    | 51 +++++++------------
- 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
- create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2021-01-18-09-27-31.bpo-42938.4Zn4Mp.rst
-
-diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_parameters.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_parameters.py
-index e4c25fd880cef..531894fdec838 100644
---- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_parameters.py
-+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_parameters.py
-@@ -201,6 +201,49 @@ def __dict__(self):
-         with self.assertRaises(ZeroDivisionError):
-             WorseStruct().__setstate__({}, b'foo')
- 
-+    def test_parameter_repr(self):
-+        from ctypes import (
-+            c_bool,
-+            c_char,
-+            c_wchar,
-+            c_byte,
-+            c_ubyte,
-+            c_short,
-+            c_ushort,
-+            c_int,
-+            c_uint,
-+            c_long,
-+            c_ulong,
-+            c_longlong,
-+            c_ulonglong,
-+            c_float,
-+            c_double,
-+            c_longdouble,
-+            c_char_p,
-+            c_wchar_p,
-+            c_void_p,
-+        )
-+        self.assertRegex(repr(c_bool.from_param(True)), r"^<cparam '\?' at 0x[A-Fa-f0-9]+>$")
-+        self.assertEqual(repr(c_char.from_param(97)), "<cparam 'c' ('a')>")
-+        self.assertRegex(repr(c_wchar.from_param('a')), r"^<cparam 'u' at 0x[A-Fa-f0-9]+>$")
-+        self.assertEqual(repr(c_byte.from_param(98)), "<cparam 'b' (98)>")
-+        self.assertEqual(repr(c_ubyte.from_param(98)), "<cparam 'B' (98)>")
-+        self.assertEqual(repr(c_short.from_param(511)), "<cparam 'h' (511)>")
-+        self.assertEqual(repr(c_ushort.from_param(511)), "<cparam 'H' (511)>")
-+        self.assertRegex(repr(c_int.from_param(20000)), r"^<cparam '[li]' \(20000\)>$")
-+        self.assertRegex(repr(c_uint.from_param(20000)), r"^<cparam '[LI]' \(20000\)>$")
-+        self.assertRegex(repr(c_long.from_param(20000)), r"^<cparam '[li]' \(20000\)>$")
-+        self.assertRegex(repr(c_ulong.from_param(20000)), r"^<cparam '[LI]' \(20000\)>$")
-+        self.assertRegex(repr(c_longlong.from_param(20000)), r"^<cparam '[liq]' \(20000\)>$")
-+        self.assertRegex(repr(c_ulonglong.from_param(20000)), r"^<cparam '[LIQ]' \(20000\)>$")
-+        self.assertEqual(repr(c_float.from_param(1.5)), "<cparam 'f' (1.5)>")
-+        self.assertEqual(repr(c_double.from_param(1.5)), "<cparam 'd' (1.5)>")
-+        self.assertEqual(repr(c_double.from_param(1e300)), "<cparam 'd' (1e+300)>")
-+        self.assertRegex(repr(c_longdouble.from_param(1.5)), r"^<cparam ('d' \(1.5\)|'g' at 0x[A-Fa-f0-9]+)>$")
-+        self.assertRegex(repr(c_char_p.from_param(b'hihi')), "^<cparam 'z' \(0x[A-Fa-f0-9]+\)>$")
-+        self.assertRegex(repr(c_wchar_p.from_param('hihi')), "^<cparam 'Z' \(0x[A-Fa-f0-9]+\)>$")
-+        self.assertRegex(repr(c_void_p.from_param(0x12)), r"^<cparam 'P' \(0x0*12\)>$")
-+
- ################################################################
- 
- if __name__ == '__main__':
-diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2021-01-18-09-27-31.bpo-42938.4Zn4Mp.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2021-01-18-09-27-31.bpo-42938.4Zn4Mp.rst
-new file mode 100644
-index 0000000000000..7df65a156feab
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2021-01-18-09-27-31.bpo-42938.4Zn4Mp.rst
-@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
-+Avoid static buffers when computing the repr of :class:`ctypes.c_double` and
-+:class:`ctypes.c_longdouble` values.
-diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c b/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c
-index a9b8675cd951b..de75918d49f37 100644
---- a/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c
-+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c
-@@ -484,58 +484,47 @@ is_literal_char(unsigned char c)
- static PyObject *
- PyCArg_repr(PyCArgObject *self)
- {
--    char buffer[256];
-     switch(self->tag) {
-     case 'b':
-     case 'B':
--        sprintf(buffer, "<cparam '%c' (%d)>",
-+        return PyUnicode_FromFormat("<cparam '%c' (%d)>",
-             self->tag, self->value.b);
--        break;
-     case 'h':
-     case 'H':
--        sprintf(buffer, "<cparam '%c' (%d)>",
-+        return PyUnicode_FromFormat("<cparam '%c' (%d)>",
-             self->tag, self->value.h);
--        break;
-     case 'i':
-     case 'I':
--        sprintf(buffer, "<cparam '%c' (%d)>",
-+        return PyUnicode_FromFormat("<cparam '%c' (%d)>",
-             self->tag, self->value.i);
--        break;
-     case 'l':
-     case 'L':
--        sprintf(buffer, "<cparam '%c' (%ld)>",
-+        return PyUnicode_FromFormat("<cparam '%c' (%ld)>",
-             self->tag, self->value.l);
--        break;
- 
-     case 'q':
-     case 'Q':
--        sprintf(buffer,
--#ifdef MS_WIN32
--            "<cparam '%c' (%I64d)>",
--#else
--            "<cparam '%c' (%lld)>",
--#endif
-+        return PyUnicode_FromFormat("<cparam '%c' (%lld)>",
-             self->tag, self->value.q);
--        break;
-     case 'd':
--        sprintf(buffer, "<cparam '%c' (%f)>",
--            self->tag, self->value.d);
--        break;
--    case 'f':
--        sprintf(buffer, "<cparam '%c' (%f)>",
--            self->tag, self->value.f);
--        break;
--
-+    case 'f': {
-+        PyObject *f = PyFloat_FromDouble((self->tag == 'f') ? self->value.f : self->value.d);
-+        if (f == NULL) {
-+            return NULL;
-+        }
-+        PyObject *result = PyUnicode_FromFormat("<cparam '%c' (%R)>", self->tag, f);
-+        Py_DECREF(f);
-+        return result;
-+    }
-     case 'c':
-         if (is_literal_char((unsigned char)self->value.c)) {
--            sprintf(buffer, "<cparam '%c' ('%c')>",
-+            return PyUnicode_FromFormat("<cparam '%c' ('%c')>",
-                 self->tag, self->value.c);
-         }
-         else {
--            sprintf(buffer, "<cparam '%c' ('\\x%02x')>",
-+            return PyUnicode_FromFormat("<cparam '%c' ('\\x%02x')>",
-                 self->tag, (unsigned char)self->value.c);
-         }
--        break;
- 
- /* Hm, are these 'z' and 'Z' codes useful at all?
-    Shouldn't they be replaced by the functionality of c_string
-@@ -544,22 +533,20 @@ PyCArg_repr(PyCArgObject *self)
-     case 'z':
-     case 'Z':
-     case 'P':
--        sprintf(buffer, "<cparam '%c' (%p)>",
-+        return PyUnicode_FromFormat("<cparam '%c' (%p)>",
-             self->tag, self->value.p);
-         break;
- 
-     default:
-         if (is_literal_char((unsigned char)self->tag)) {
--            sprintf(buffer, "<cparam '%c' at %p>",
-+            return PyUnicode_FromFormat("<cparam '%c' at %p>",
-                 (unsigned char)self->tag, (void *)self);
-         }
-         else {
--            sprintf(buffer, "<cparam 0x%02x at %p>",
-+            return PyUnicode_FromFormat("<cparam 0x%02x at %p>",
-                 (unsigned char)self->tag, (void *)self);
-         }
--        break;
-     }
--    return PyUnicode_FromString(buffer);
- }
- 
- static PyMemberDef PyCArgType_members[] = {
diff --git a/main/python3/test_nntplib.patch b/main/python3/test_nntplib.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d1d94031fd0937389ea099733a563eae51b74320..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/main/python3/test_nntplib.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Lib/test/test_nntplib.py b/Lib/test/test_nntplib.py
-index fbd7db03defb1..89a2004dfb139 100644
---- a/Lib/test/test_nntplib.py
-+++ b/Lib/test/test_nntplib.py
-@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def _check_desc(desc):
-         desc = self.server.description(self.GROUP_NAME)
-         _check_desc(desc)
-         # Another sanity check
--        self.assertIn("Python", desc)
-+        self.assertIn(self.DESC, desc)
-         # With a pattern
-         desc = self.server.description(self.GROUP_PAT)
-         _check_desc(desc)
-@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ class NetworkedNNTPTests(NetworkedNNTPTestsMixin, unittest.TestCase):
-     NNTP_HOST = 'news.trigofacile.com'
-     GROUP_NAME = 'fr.comp.lang.python'
-     GROUP_PAT = 'fr.comp.lang.*'
-+    DESC = 'Python'
- 
-     NNTP_CLASS = NNTP
- 
-@@ -332,8 +333,11 @@ class NetworkedNNTP_SSLTests(NetworkedNNTPTests):
-     # 400 connections per day are accepted from each IP address."
- 
-     NNTP_HOST = 'nntp.aioe.org'
--    GROUP_NAME = 'comp.lang.python'
--    GROUP_PAT = 'comp.lang.*'
-+    # bpo-42794: aioe.test is one of the official groups on this server
-+    # used for testing: https://news.aioe.org/manual/aioe-hierarchy/
-+    GROUP_NAME = 'aioe.test'
-+    GROUP_PAT = 'aioe.*'
-+    DESC = 'test'
- 
-     NNTP_CLASS = getattr(nntplib, 'NNTP_SSL', None)