diff --git a/srcpkgs/fonttools/template b/srcpkgs/fonttools/template
index 168f08a0284..cbe2d7e9891 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fonttools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fonttools/template
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 # Template file for 'fonttools'
 pkgname=fonttools
-version=4.28.1
+version=4.36.0
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
+make_check_args="--deselect Tests/otlLib/optimize_test.py::test_main
+ --ignore Tests/misc/plistlib_test.py --ignore Tests/pens --ignore Tests/ufoLib"
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3"
+checkdepends="python3-Brotli python3-pytest-xdist"
 short_desc="Library to manipulate font files from Python"
 maintainer="svenper <svenper@tuta.io>"
 license="MIT, OFL-1.1, BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools"
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fonttools/fonttools/main/NEWS.rst"
 distfiles="https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=972be7e3d573cfda4880cd4534ba7695d6c3c4186aab22cee50d3863e25fb4c9
+checksum=7f48433c42351102f25e63778c702be8bed76bfa6c192c67e6d0e985c01f674e
 replaces="python-fonttools>=0 python3-fonttools>=0"
 provides="python-fonttools-${version}_${revision} python3-fonttools-${version}_${revision}"
-# Tests have unpackaged dependencies
-make_check=no
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE