diff --git a/srcpkgs/zstd/template b/srcpkgs/zstd/template
index 7b537885db4..39ec890a2ee 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/zstd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/zstd/template
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'zstd'
 pkgname=zstd
-version=1.4.4
+version=1.4.5
 revision=1
 bootstrap=yes
 makedepends="zlib-devel liblzma-devel liblz4-devel"
-checkdepends="gtest-devel"
+checkdepends="gtest-devel tar"
 short_desc="Fast real-time compression algorithm - CLI tool"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause, GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.zstd.net"
 distfiles="https://github.com/facebook/zstd/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=a364f5162c7d1a455cc915e8e3cf5f4bd8b75d09bc0f53965b0c9ca1383c52c8
+checksum=734d1f565c42f691f8420c8d06783ad818060fc390dee43ae0a89f86d0a4f8c2
 
 do_build() {
 	make ${makejobs}
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ do_build() {
 do_check() {
 	# using the test target is too expensive
 	make ${makejobs} shortest
-	make ${makejobs} -C contrib/pzstd tests check
+	make -j 1 -C contrib/pzstd tests check
 }
 
 do_install() {