diff --git a/srcpkgs/automake/template b/srcpkgs/automake/template
index c17bab1f9cf..afdba1b4c95 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/automake/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/automake/template
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
 # Template file for 'automake'
 # NOTE: also update common/environment/configure/automake when updating!
 pkgname=automake
-version=1.16.1
-revision=3
+version=1.16.2
+revision=1
 archs=noarch
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="perl autoconf"
+checkdepends="cscope dejagnu emacs expect flex gettext-devel glib-devel libtool perl pkg-config
+ sharutils texinfo vala lzip xz zip zstd"
+make_check_args="-j$(nproc)"
 depends="${hostmakedepends}"
 short_desc="GNU Standards-compliant Makefile generator"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.gnu.org/software/automake"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=5d05bb38a23fd3312b10aea93840feec685bdf4a41146e78882848165d3ae921
+checksum=ccc459de3d710e066ab9e12d2f119bd164a08c9341ca24ba22c9adaa179eedd0
 
-do_check() {
+pre_check() {
 	# taken from http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/development/chapter06/automake.html
-	sed -i "s:./configure:LEXLIB=/usr/lib/libfl.a &:" t/lex-{clean,depend}-cxx.sh
-	make -j4 check
+	vsed -i "s:./configure:LEXLIB=/usr/lib/libfl.a &:" t/lex-{clean,depend}-cxx.sh
 }