diff --git a/srcpkgs/esptool/template b/srcpkgs/esptool/template
index 2adcc46099b..098a28f026d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/esptool/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/esptool/template
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
 # Template file for 'esptool'
 pkgname=esptool
-version=4.2.1
-revision=2
+version=4.5.1
+revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3-bitstring python3-cryptography python3-ecdsa python3-pyserial
  python3-reedsolo"
-checkdepends="$depends"
+checkdepends="python3-pytest ${depends} python3-pyelftools"
 short_desc="Espressif SoC serial bootloader utility"
 maintainer="Michal Vasilek <michal@vasilek.cz>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/espressif/esptool"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/e/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=b967faed94dd43f547953fde362d3ba5b63dddca0a0ff7982750054702cbc238
+distfiles="https://github.com/espressif/esptool/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=759e0c9a5e69d21e13a5fcf53d46cb567cb3a8e4a6cefda334b6d3a3d540b5f4
+
+post_extract() {
+	# needs access to hardware
+	rm test/test_esptool.py
+	# needs python3-pkcs11
+	rm test/test_espsecure_hsm.py
+}