diff --git a/srcpkgs/flake8/template b/srcpkgs/flake8/template
index 0433af3aa46..549c3cbf027 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/flake8/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/flake8/template
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'flake8'
 pkgname=flake8
-version=4.0.1
+version=5.0.4
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
+make_check_args="--deselect=tests/unit/plugins/pycodestyle_test.py"
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3-pycodestyle python3-pyflakes python3-mccabe"
 checkdepends="$depends python3-mock python3-pytest"
@@ -12,15 +13,7 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PyCQA/flake8/master/docs/source/release-notes/$version.rst"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/f/flake8/flake8-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=806e034dda44114815e23c16ef92f95c91e4c71100ff52813adf7132a6ad870d
-
-do_check() {
-	# from alpine
-	PYTHONPATH=build/lib python3 -m pytest \
-			--deselect=tests/integration/test_api_legacy.py::test_legacy_api \
-			--deselect=tests/integration/test_main.py \
-			--deselect=tests/integration/test_plugins.py
-}
+checksum=6fbe320aad8d6b95cec8b8e47bc933004678dc63095be98528b7bdd2a9f510db
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE