diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-coverage/template b/srcpkgs/python3-coverage/template
index 866d47c1403..e8937d89ecb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-coverage/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-coverage/template
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-coverage'
 pkgname=python3-coverage
-version=7.4.4
+version=7.6.1
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-pep517
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-wheel"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 makedepends="python3-devel"
 checkdepends="$depends python3-pytest-xdist python3-flaky python3-hypothesis"
 short_desc="Code coverage tool for Python"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nedbat/coveragepy/master/CHANGES.rst"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/c/coverage/coverage-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=c901df83d097649e257e803be22592aedfd5182f07b3cc87d640bbb9afd50f49
+checksum=953510dfb7b12ab69d20135a0662397f077c59b1e6379a768e97c59d852ee51d
 
 pre_check() {
 	# required setup, see tox.ini