diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-ipython_ipykernel/template b/srcpkgs/python3-ipython_ipykernel/template
index a7d266b8b32..c3c0232c14a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-ipython_ipykernel/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-ipython_ipykernel/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-ipython_ipykernel'
 pkgname=python3-ipython_ipykernel
-version=4.10.0
-revision=3
+version=5.2.0
+revision=1
 archs=noarch
 wrksrc="ipykernel-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/ipython/ipykernel"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/i/ipykernel/ipykernel-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=699103c8e64886e3ec7053f2a6aa83bb90426063526f63a818732ff385202bad
+checksum=37c65d2e2da3326e5cf114405df6d47d997b8a3eba99e2cc4b75833bf71a5e18
 
 do_check() {
-	: requires IPython/external/decorators/_decorators of python3-ipython
+	# Those two tests are problematic in python 3.8,
+	# Old versions of ipykernel are more problematic
+	pytest -k 'not ipykernel/inprocess'
 }
 
 post_install() {
-	vsed -i -e "s/python/&3/" \
-		${DESTDIR}/usr/share/jupyter/kernels/python3/kernel.json
 	vlicense COPYING.md LICENSE
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-ipython_ipykernel/update b/srcpkgs/python3-ipython_ipykernel/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7290dc1b56f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-ipython_ipykernel/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pkgname=ipykernel
+ignore="*a* *b* *rc*"