diff --git a/dev-lang/python/patches/python310-3.10.6.patchset b/dev-lang/python/patches/python310-3.10.7.patchset
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-lang/python/patches/python310-3.10.6.patchset
rename to dev-lang/python/patches/python310-3.10.7.patchset
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/patches/python310_x86-3.10.6.patchset b/dev-lang/python/patches/python310_x86-3.10.7.patchset
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-lang/python/patches/python310_x86-3.10.6.patchset
rename to dev-lang/python/patches/python310_x86-3.10.7.patchset
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/python310-3.10.6.recipe b/dev-lang/python/python310-3.10.7.recipe
similarity index 95%
rename from dev-lang/python/python310-3.10.6.recipe
rename to dev-lang/python/python310-3.10.7.recipe
index 2bafc921f..5e5b867b5 100644
--- a/dev-lang/python/python310-3.10.6.recipe
+++ b/dev-lang/python/python310-3.10.7.recipe
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ Python is free to use, even for commercial products, because of its \
 OSI-approved open source license."
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.python.org"
 LICENSE="Python"
-COPYRIGHT="1990-2021 Python Software Foundation"
+COPYRIGHT="1990-2022 Python Software Foundation"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/$portVersion/Python-$portVersion.tar.xz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="f795ff87d11d4b0c7c33bc8851b0c28648d8a4583aa2100a98c22b4326b6d3f3"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="6eed8415b7516fb2f260906db5d48dd4c06acc0cb24a7d6cc15296a604dcdc48"
 SOURCE_DIR="Python-$portVersion"
 PATCHES="python310-$portVersion.patchset"
 if [ "$secondaryArchSuffix" = _x86 ] ; then
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ BUILD()
 	export OPT=""
 
 	runConfigure --omit-dirs binDir,includeDir ./configure \
-		--enable-shared --without-ensurepip --with-system-ffi \
+		--enable-shared --without-ensurepip --with-system-ffi  --with-readline=editline \
 		--with-system-expat --bindir=$commandBinDir --includedir=$developDir/headers
 
 	# prevent make from rebuilding stuff that requires python