diff --git a/srcpkgs/fonttools/template b/srcpkgs/fonttools/template
index 9224aba1f8e..7ea78ece465 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fonttools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fonttools/template
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'fonttools'
 pkgname=fonttools
-version=4.55.3
+version=4.59.0
 revision=1
-build_style=python3-module
-make_check_args="--deselect Tests/otlLib/optimize_test.py::test_main
- --deselect Tests/ttx/ttx_test.py::test_ttcompile_timestamp_calcs
- --ignore Tests/misc/plistlib_test.py --ignore Tests/pens --ignore Tests/ufoLib"
+build_style=python3-pep517
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3"
 checkdepends="python3-Brotli python3-pytest-xdist"
@@ -15,7 +12,7 @@ license="MIT, OFL-1.1, BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fonttools/fonttools/main/NEWS.rst"
 distfiles="https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/archive/refs/tags/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=c8c250586066a66ea8a26cc4b06bce5ec6fb9b2bf4afd7aff9d509ed7bfd5fcd
+checksum=cf7d72742235f72485e0fe5bfa839902e7275fbe3e6f203f3c63b38bd8880f56
 replaces="python-fonttools>=0 python3-fonttools>=0"
 provides="python-fonttools-${version}_${revision} python3-fonttools-${version}_${revision}"