diff --git a/srcpkgs/diffoscope/template b/srcpkgs/diffoscope/template
index 037039b744358f..c07d20d86612df 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/diffoscope/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/diffoscope/template
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'diffoscope'
 pkgname=diffoscope
-version=163
+version=167
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
+# file 5.39 causes errors there, see https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=170
+make_check_args="-k not((test_wasm)and((test_identification)or(test_no_differences)))"
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3-magic python3-libarchive-c python3-setuptools
  python3-argcomplete binwalk python3-defusedxml python3-distro
@@ -15,4 +17,4 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://diffoscope.org/"
 changelog="https://salsa.debian.org/reproducible-builds/diffoscope/raw/master/debian/changelog"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/d/diffoscope/diffoscope-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=1afeea6e383bdd2626a9e9b827ff487723c0de581d9f9f4d4f5fc9b65728662a
+checksum=d95cef5b3eef49fa1c811c1ac103f7f7cca4a0ebabc674e4283b51f28309d242