diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-xlrd/template b/srcpkgs/python3-xlrd/template
index b9fe611cd13..76b3aed302c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-xlrd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-xlrd/template
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-xlrd'
 pkgname=python3-xlrd
 version=2.0.1
-revision=2
+revision=3
 wrksrc="${pkgname#*-}-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+depends="python3"
 short_desc="Lib for dev to extract data from Microsoft Excel (tm) spreadsheet files"
 maintainer="pulux <pulux@pf4sh.de>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"