diff --git a/srcpkgs/minetest/template b/srcpkgs/minetest/template
index c43dcd5f0ab..7f559cdf86a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/minetest/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/minetest/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'minetest'
 pkgname=minetest
-version=5.1.1
+version=5.2.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DRUN_IN_PLACE=0 -DENABLE_GETTEXT=1 -DENABLE_FREETYPE=1 -DBUILD_SERVER=TRUE"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config tar"
 makedepends="LuaJIT-devel MesaLib-devel freetype-devel gmp-devel irrlicht-devel
  libcurl-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel libopenal-devel libvorbis-devel lua52-devel
  sqlite-devel"
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.minetest.net"
 distfiles="https://github.com/minetest/minetest/archive/${version}.tar.gz
  https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game/archive/${version}.tar.gz>minetest_game-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum="65d483bce244827de174edcb30f7e453b06a7590da6cdeb7a2237ff6180c090b
- 89dbb7cad2a1cec1ca0cdaa0f0eafc5699676bcd6880891c7720a10dfe7f6af9"
+checksum="4996c7c50a6600d0c7140680d4bd995cb9aae910f216b46373953b49d6b13a5d
+ 0c49fd6e310de1aba2e8cb8ae72efe0e06bb6bc8d7c5efea23bc201b6a80ce94"
 
 pre_install() {
 	# Install the minetest_game subgame.