diff --git a/srcpkgs/diffoscope/template b/srcpkgs/diffoscope/template
index e84df9738c9..50ff82aea43 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/diffoscope/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/diffoscope/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'diffoscope'
 pkgname=diffoscope
-version=172
+version=174
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
 # file 5.39 causes errors there, see https://bugs.astron.com/view.php?id=170
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3-magic python3-libarchive-c python3-setuptools
  python3-argcomplete binwalk python3-defusedxml python3-distro
  python3-jsondiff python3-PyPDF2 python3-pyxattr python3-tlsh"
-checkdepends="${depends} python3-pytest"
+checkdepends="${depends} python3-pytest xxd"
 short_desc="In-depth comparison of files, archives, and directories"
 maintainer="Piotr Wójcik <chocimier@tlen.pl>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://diffoscope.org/"
 changelog="https://salsa.debian.org/reproducible-builds/diffoscope/raw/master/debian/changelog"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/d/diffoscope/diffoscope-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=5ffe7f38555c6409bc7e7edc277ed77dd78641fe1306fc38d153dbbe445ddea4
+checksum=9ad686855df2e71f9436c8f1e653282bbe74017c578bbd68c5dc19e0de12ba3c