diff --git a/srcpkgs/fonttools/template b/srcpkgs/fonttools/template
index a0237d4fe6e..168f08a0284 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fonttools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fonttools/template
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 # Template file for 'fonttools'
 pkgname=fonttools
-version=4.18.2
-revision=2
+version=4.28.1
+revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
-depends="python3-setuptools"
+depends="python3"
 short_desc="Library to manipulate font files from Python"
 maintainer="svenper <svenper@tuta.io>"
 license="MIT, OFL-1.1, BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools"
 distfiles="https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=db0a38a17061c65ae3d9e5a86d52e8fa2ecf4d474548d808d338a7f72cf08cff
+checksum=972be7e3d573cfda4880cd4534ba7695d6c3c4186aab22cee50d3863e25fb4c9
 replaces="python-fonttools>=0 python3-fonttools>=0"
 provides="python-fonttools-${version}_${revision} python3-fonttools-${version}_${revision}"
+# Tests have unpackaged dependencies
+make_check=no
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
@@ -22,5 +24,5 @@ post_install() {
 python3-fonttools_package() {
 	depends="fonttools>=${version}_${revision}"
 	build_style=meta
-	short_desc+=" (transitional dummy package Python 3)"
+	short_desc+=" (transitional dummy package)"
 }