diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-scandir/template b/srcpkgs/python-scandir/template
index 06fdf29bba1..a680a81cc55 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-scandir/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-scandir/template
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'python-scandir'
 pkgname=python-scandir
-version=1.8
+version=1.9.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc="scandir-${version}"
 build_style=python2-module
 pycompile_module="scandir.py"
-hostmakedepends="python-devel"
-makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
+hostmakedepends="python-setuptools"
+makedepends="python-devel"
 short_desc="Backport of the scandir module from Python 3.5+"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="https://github.com/benhoyt/scandir"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/s/scandir/scandir-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=8d5011d3a99042c4d90e8adda0052d4475aae3d57bb927012267a6c59186d870
+checksum=44975e209c4827fc18a3486f257154d34ec6eaec0f90fef0cca1caa482db7064
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE.txt