diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-characters/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-characters/template
index c1d4357bbad..ef9cfc38ba7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-characters/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-characters/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gnome-characters'
 pkgname=gnome-characters
-version=44.0
+version=45.0
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 build_helper="gir"
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ hostmakedepends="gettext gjs glib-devel itstool pkg-config desktop-file-utils
  gtk-update-icon-cache"
 makedepends="gjs-devel libglib-devel gtk4-devel libadwaita-devel libunistring-devel"
 depends="gnome-desktop gjs libadwaita"
+checkdepends="xvfb-run"
 short_desc="Utility to find and insert unusual characters for GNOME"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/CharacterMap"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/gnome-characters/${version%.*}/gnome-characters-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=05b15c028cc190aef92e6092fd84fa8d5f2448e0e9076446a3566f3a081ff50b
+checksum=3fd54fcc14d291b77fff12deefff00da383e0a6400af507d1605fbcb49b8c741
 lib32disabled=yes
+make_check_pre="xvfb-run"