diff --git a/srcpkgs/leptonica/template b/srcpkgs/leptonica/template
index 7def1ff83a0..6c184343cbc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/leptonica/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/leptonica/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'leptonica'
 pkgname=leptonica
-version=1.84.1
+version=1.85.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config automake libtool"
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ license="BSD-2-Clause"
 homepage="http://leptonica.org/"
 changelog="http://leptonica.org/source/version-notes.html"
 distfiles="https://github.com/DanBloomberg/leptonica/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=ecd7a868403b3963c4e33623595d77f2c87667e2cfdd9b370f87729192061bef
+checksum=c01376bce0379d4ea4bc2ec5d5cbddaa49e2f06f88242619ab8c059e21adf233
+
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	x86_64*|i686) make_check=no # a good portion of tests fail on these archs
+	;;
+esac
 
 pre_check() {
 	# disable failing tests