diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-dill/template b/srcpkgs/python3-dill/template
index 235340d2b54..c23d3c7eeef 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-dill/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-dill/template
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-dill'
 pkgname=python3-dill
-version=0.3.6
-revision=3
-build_style=python3-module
+version=0.4.0
+revision=1
+build_style=python3-pep517
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3"
+checkdepends="python3-pytest"
 short_desc="Serialize all of Python"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://dill.rtfd.io/"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/d/dill/dill-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e5db55f3687856d8fbdab002ed78544e1c4559a130302693d839dfe8f93f2373
+checksum=0633f1d2df477324f53a895b02c901fb961bdbf65a17122586ea7019292cbcf0
+make_check_pre="env PYTHONPATH=dill/tests"
 
 do_check() {
-	# "failing" in the output seems to be known https://github.com/uqfoundation/dill/issues/575
-	PYTHONPATH=build/lib python3 dill/tests/__main__.py
+	PYTHONPATH=build/lib python -m dill.tests
 }
 
 post_install() {