diff --git a/srcpkgs/glib-bootstrap/template b/srcpkgs/glib-bootstrap/template
index 021dfb24a2f..a51cad564aa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glib-bootstrap/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glib-bootstrap/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # This aloing with gobject-introspection-bootstrap is unfortunately necessary as a part of the
 #   libgirepository-1.0 to libgirepository-2.0 migration.
 pkgname=glib-bootstrap
-version=2.82.1
+version=2.84.0
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 # static version is necessary for qemu-user
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ homepage="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GLib"
 changelog="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/raw/glib-2-82/NEWS"
 #changelog="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/raw/main/NEWS"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/glib/${version%.*}/glib-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=478634440bf52ee4ec4428d558787398c0be6b043c521beb308334b3db4489a6
+checksum=f8823600cb85425e2815cfad82ea20fdaa538482ab74e7293d58b3f64a5aff6a
+python_version=3
 make_check_pre="dbus-run-session"
 
 repository=bootstrap
@@ -36,6 +37,12 @@ post_patch() {
 	fi
 	# Test fails in CI
 	vsed -e '/test_cleanup_handles_errors)/d' -i glib/tests/utils-isolated.c
+
+	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = musl ]; then
+		# musl 1.1.x's implementation of faccessat is broken (doesn't behave correctly with AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW)
+		# https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/commit/?id=55fb9a177316aa46c639d93dd0323d9a9a8c160c
+		vsed -e "s/'faccessat',//g" -i meson.build
+	fi
 }
 
 pre_check() {