diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-py7zr/template b/srcpkgs/python3-py7zr/template
index 7dcdc642f6017a..0113cb1dec274e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-py7zr/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-py7zr/template
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-py7zr'
 pkgname=python3-py7zr
-version=0.16.4
-revision=2
+version=0.18.3
+revision=1
 wrksrc="py7zr-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
+make_check_args="--ignore=tests/test_benchmark.py --noconftest"
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools_scm"
 depends="python3-texttable python3-pycryptodomex
  python3-Brotli python3-pyzstd python3-pyppmd python3-pybcj
- python3-multivolumefile"
+ python3-multivolumefile python3-zipfile-deflate64"
+checkdepends="python3-pytest python3-pytest-timeout python3-py-cpuinfo $depends"
 short_desc="7zip in python3 with various compressions, and AES encryption"
 maintainer="Joel Beckmeyer <joel@beckmeyer.us>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/miurahr/py7zr"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/miurahr/py7zr/master/Changelog.rst"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/py7zr/py7zr-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=9b584dcd71b0e8c385cc66ae8e370bdbc29d1f07139d5cee770dc221fa338cf9
-# testing requires unpackaged modules:
-# pyannotate_runtime, pytest-benchmark, pytest-remotedata, pytest-profiling
-make_check=no
+checksum=d5bdc81536316f209a3ca4e1ce6e2ef11d8a519d613be47bcdd084bf655f400f