diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-jupyter_ipywidgets/patches/pytest8.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-jupyter_ipywidgets/patches/pytest8.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f8499a3ae7..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-jupyter_ipywidgets/patches/pytest8.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-See: https://github.com/jupyter-widgets/ipywidgets/pull/3903
-
-From bbc6c064aa797eb21bd5a9b441dbbc76925a72db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Lumir Balhar <lbalhar@redhat.com>
-Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 11:40:15 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix compatibility with pytest 8
-
-Resolves: https://github.com/jupyter-widgets/ipywidgets/issues/3883
----
- .../ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/test_interaction.py | 2 --
- python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/test_link.py     | 1 -
- .../ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/test_send_state.py  | 2 +-
- .../ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/test_set_state.py   | 2 +-
- python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/utils.py         | 6 +++---
- 5 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/test_interaction.py b/python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/test_interaction.py
-index 0dc7e5fcfc..feb1afe50c 100644
---- a/python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/test_interaction.py
-+++ b/python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/test_interaction.py
-@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
- # Utility stuff
- #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 
--from .utils import setup, teardown
--
- def f(**kwargs):
-     pass
- 
-diff --git a/python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/test_link.py b/python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/test_link.py
-index 0c92dfdcb2..9301764d40 100644
---- a/python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/test_link.py
-+++ b/python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/test_link.py
-@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
- import pytest
- 
- from .. import jslink, jsdlink, ToggleButton
--from .utils import setup, teardown
- 
- def test_jslink_args():
-     with pytest.raises(TypeError):
-diff --git a/python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/test_send_state.py b/python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/test_send_state.py
-index ec18ae4af1..98465b9b7d 100644
---- a/python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/test_send_state.py
-+++ b/python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/test_send_state.py
-@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
- 
- from traitlets import Bool, Tuple, List
- 
--from .utils import setup, teardown, DummyComm
-+from .utils import setup
- 
- from ..widget import Widget
- 
-diff --git a/python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/test_set_state.py b/python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/test_set_state.py
-index 82ecbd9311..22ec54d90f 100644
---- a/python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/test_set_state.py
-+++ b/python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/test_set_state.py
-@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
- 
- from traitlets import Bool, Tuple, List, Instance, CFloat, CInt, Float, Int, TraitError, observe
- 
--from .utils import setup, teardown
-+from .utils import setup
- 
- import ipywidgets
- from ipywidgets import Widget
-diff --git a/python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/utils.py b/python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/utils.py
-index 260485e3f8..8dbbcb355b 100644
---- a/python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/utils.py
-+++ b/python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/tests/utils.py
-@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
-     NEW_COMM_PACKAGE = False
- 
- import ipykernel.comm
--
-+import pytest
- 
- class DummyComm():
-     comm_id = 'a-b-c-d'
-@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ def teardown_test_comm():
-             setattr(Widget, attr, value)
-     _widget_attrs.clear()
- 
-+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
- def setup():
-     setup_test_comm()
--
--def teardown():
-+    yield
-     teardown_test_comm()
- 
- def call_method(method, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-jupyter_ipywidgets/template b/srcpkgs/python3-jupyter_ipywidgets/template
index da7840682a6..ecaf9dead1f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-jupyter_ipywidgets/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-jupyter_ipywidgets/template
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-jupyter_ipywidgets'
 pkgname=python3-jupyter_ipywidgets
-version=8.1.3
-revision=2
+version=8.1.7
+revision=1
 build_style=python3-pep517
 hostmakedepends="python3-wheel"
-depends="python3-ipython_ipykernel python3-jupyter_widgetsnbextension"
-checkdepends="$depends python3-pytest python3-jsonschema python3-pytz"
+depends="python3-comm python3-ipython python3-traitlets
+ python3-jupyter_widgetsnbextension python3-jupyterlab_widgets"
+checkdepends="$depends python3-pytest python3-jsonschema python3-pytz
+ python3-ipython_ipykernel"
 short_desc="IPython widgets for the Jupyter notebook"
 maintainer="Gonzalo Tornaría <tornaria@cmat.edu.uy>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/jupyter-widgets/ipywidgets"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jupyter-widgets/ipywidgets/main/docs/source/changelog.md"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/i/ipywidgets/ipywidgets-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=f5f9eeaae082b1823ce9eac2575272952f40d748893972956dc09700a6392d9c
+checksum=15f1ac050b9ccbefd45dccfbb2ef6bed0029d8278682d569d71b8dd96bee0376
 
 # main repo `.../python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/` is `.../ipywidgets/` here
 patch_args=-Np3
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-jupyter_ipywidgets/update b/srcpkgs/python3-jupyter_ipywidgets/update
index 44da8f2e3c5..eb8d6c97887 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-jupyter_ipywidgets/update
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-jupyter_ipywidgets/update
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pkgname=ipywidgets
+site=https://pypi.org/simple/ipywidgets
 ignore="*a* *b* *rc*"