diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 7696ecd17f8..e8b08a85de5 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2272,7 +2272,7 @@ libOkteta3Gui.so.0 okteta-0.26.0_1
 libhttp_parser.so.2.9 http-parser-2.9.0_1
 libmaa.so.4 libmaa-1.4.2_1
 libcodeblocks.so.0 codeblocks-13.12_1
-liblept.so.5 leptonica-1.73_1
+libleptonica.so.6 leptonica-1.84.0_1
 libtesseract.so.4 tesseract-ocr-4.0.0_1
 libffmpegthumbnailer.so.4 ffmpegthumbnailer-2.0.10_1
 libopenraw.so.7 libopenraw-0.1.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/leptonica/patches/fix-flaky-test-on-i686.patch b/srcpkgs/leptonica/patches/fix-flaky-test-on-i686.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bec1a2482f4..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/leptonica/patches/fix-flaky-test-on-i686.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-From ea2bb8c9cf61d3eba2589cfaac05f59a33b4110d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: danblooomberg <dan.bloomberg@gmail.com>
-Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 14:52:24 -0800
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix flaky hash_reg test on i686 * The sets that are generated
- from *SelectRange() functions can depend on   the platform, resulting in
- intersection sizes that differ by 1. * So, loosen the comparison to allow a
- difference of 1.
-
----
- prog/hash_reg.c | 12 ++++++------
- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/prog/hash_reg.c b/prog/hash_reg.c
-index 8b408d6d..3414ba90 100644
---- a/prog/hash_reg.c
-+++ b/prog/hash_reg.c
-@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ L_REGPARAMS  *rp;
-     sarrayIntersectionByAset(sa1, sa2, &sa3);
-     c1 = sarrayGetCount(sa3);
-     sarrayDestroy(&sa3);
--    regTestCompareValues(rp, string_intersection, c1, 0);  /* 2 */
-+    regTestCompareValues(rp, string_intersection, c1, 1);  /* 2 */
-     if (rp->display) lept_stderr("  aset: intersection size = %d\n", c1);
-     sarrayUnionByAset(sa1, sa2, &sa3);
-     c1 = sarrayGetCount(sa3);
-@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ L_REGPARAMS  *rp;
-     sarrayIntersectionByHmap(sa1, sa2, &sa3);
-     c1 = sarrayGetCount(sa3);
-     sarrayDestroy(&sa3);
--    regTestCompareValues(rp, string_intersection, c1, 0);  /* 6 */
-+    regTestCompareValues(rp, string_intersection, c1, 1);  /* 6 */
-     if (rp->display) lept_stderr("  hmap: intersection size = %d\n", c1);
-     sarrayUnionByHmap(sa1, sa2, &sa3);
-     c1 = sarrayGetCount(sa3);
-@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ L_REGPARAMS  *rp;
-     ptaIntersectionByAset(pta1, pta2, &pta3);
-     c1 = ptaGetCount(pta3);
-     ptaDestroy(&pta3);
--    regTestCompareValues(rp, pta_intersection, c1, 0);  /* 10 */
-+    regTestCompareValues(rp, pta_intersection, c1, 1);  /* 10 */
-     if (rp->display) lept_stderr("  aset: intersection size = %d\n", c1);
-     ptaUnionByAset(pta1, pta2, &pta3);
-     c1 = ptaGetCount(pta3);
-@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ L_REGPARAMS  *rp;
-     ptaIntersectionByHmap(pta1, pta2, &pta3);
-     c1 = ptaGetCount(pta3);
-     ptaDestroy(&pta3);
--    regTestCompareValues(rp, pta_intersection, c1, 0);  /* 14 */
-+    regTestCompareValues(rp, pta_intersection, c1, 1);  /* 14 */
-     if (rp->display) lept_stderr("  hmap: intersection size = %d\n", c1);
-     ptaUnionByHmap(pta1, pta2, &pta3);
-     c1 = ptaGetCount(pta3);
-@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ L_REGPARAMS  *rp;
-     l_dnaIntersectionByAset(da1, da2, &da3);
-     c1 = l_dnaGetCount(da3);
-     l_dnaDestroy(&da3);
--    regTestCompareValues(rp, da_intersection, c1, 0);  /* 18 */
-+    regTestCompareValues(rp, da_intersection, c1, 1);  /* 18 */
-     if (rp->display) lept_stderr("  aset: intersection size = %d\n", c1);
-     l_dnaUnionByAset(da1, da2, &da3);
-     c1 = l_dnaGetCount(da3);
-@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ L_REGPARAMS  *rp;
-     l_dnaIntersectionByHmap(da1, da2, &da3);
-     c1 = l_dnaGetCount(da3);
-     l_dnaDestroy(&da3);
--    regTestCompareValues(rp, da_intersection, c1, 0);  /* 22 */
-+    regTestCompareValues(rp, da_intersection, c1, 1);  /* 22 */
-     if (rp->display) lept_stderr("  hmap: intersection size = %d\n", c1);
-     l_dnaUnionByHmap(da1, da2, &da3);
-     c1 = l_dnaGetCount(da3);
diff --git a/srcpkgs/leptonica/template b/srcpkgs/leptonica/template
index 17256b7b157..f2c5766415c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/leptonica/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/leptonica/template
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'leptonica'
 pkgname=leptonica
-version=1.82.0
-revision=2
+version=1.84.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config automake libtool"
 makedepends="libopenjpeg2-devel libwebp-devel"
 checkdepends="which gnuplot"
 short_desc="Image processing and analysis library"
@@ -11,8 +11,21 @@ maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="BSD-2-Clause"
 homepage="http://leptonica.org/"
 changelog="http://leptonica.org/source/version-notes.html"
-distfiles="http://leptonica.org/source/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=155302ee914668c27b6fe3ca9ff2da63b245f6d62f3061c8f27563774b8ae2d6
+distfiles="https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=440e6bb1b11e385310b31fab2505c9b0e0835a42f2fc985c2f79c81a8684ff98
+
+pre_check() {
+	# disable failing tests
+	vsed -i prog/Makefile.am \
+		-e "s/boxa3_reg//" \
+		-e "s/projection_reg//" \
+		-e "s/rankhisto_reg//" \
+		-e "s/rankbin_reg//"
+}
+
+pre_configure() {
+	./autogen.sh
+}
 
 post_install() {
 	vdoc moller52.jpg
@@ -28,6 +41,7 @@ leptonica-devel_package() {
 		vmove usr/lib/cmake
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
 		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
 		vdoc style-guide.txt
 	}
 }