diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-numexpr/template b/srcpkgs/python3-numexpr/template
index 64be5908b16..79edf913658 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-numexpr/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-numexpr/template
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-numexpr'
 pkgname=python3-numexpr
-version=2.7.2
-revision=3
+version=2.8.3
+revision=1
 wrksrc="numexpr-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
 build_helper=numpy
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+hostmakedepends="python3-wheel"
 makedepends="python3-devel python3-numpy"
-depends="python3-numpy"
+depends="python3-numpy python3-packaging"
+checkdepends="${depends} python3-pytest-xdist"
 short_desc="Fast numerical expression evaluator for NumPy (Python3)"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/pydata/numexpr"
 distfiles="https://github.com/pydata/numexpr/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=7d1b3790103221feda07f4a93a4fa5c6654f46865197a677ca6f27eb5cb4e5ef
+checksum=389ceefca74eff30ec3fd03fc4c3b7ab3df8f22d1f235117a392ce702ed208c0
+
+pre_check() {
+	python3 setup.py build_ext --inplace
+}
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE.txt