diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-jupyter_client/template b/srcpkgs/python3-jupyter_client/template
index 32f5e7baee9..99e5302de7e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-jupyter_client/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-jupyter_client/template
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-jupyter_client'
 pkgname=python3-jupyter_client
-version=8.6.1
+version=8.6.2
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-pep517
-# tests fail otherwise with jupyter_core 5.5.0
-make_check_args="-p no:unraisableexception"
+# 1st: random fail (see https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter_client/issues/979)
+# 2nd: fail by timeout in ~ 60s
+make_check_args="
+ --deselect tests/test_kernelmanager.py::TestParallel::test_start_parallel_process_kernels[tcp]
+ --deselect tests/test_restarter.py::test_restart_check[ipc]"
 hostmakedepends="hatchling"
 depends="python3-dateutil python3-jupyter_core python3-pyzmq python3-tornado"
 checkdepends="$depends inetutils-ifconfig iproute2 openssh
- python3-pytest-jupyter  python3-pytest-timeout"
+ python3-pytest-jupyter python3-pytest-timeout python3-pytest-xdist"
 short_desc="Jupyter protocol client APIs"
 maintainer="Gonzalo Tornaría <tornaria@cmat.edu.uy>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter_client"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jupyter/jupyter_client/main/CHANGELOG.md"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/j/jupyter_client/jupyter_client-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e842515e2bab8e19186d89fdfea7abd15e39dd581f94e399f00e2af5a1652d3f
+checksum=2bda14d55ee5ba58552a8c53ae43d215ad9868853489213f37da060ced54d8df
 conflicts="python-jupyter_client<=5.2.4_2"
 make_check=extended  # cannot be tested without python3-ipython_ipykernel