diff --git a/srcpkgs/git-filter-repo/template b/srcpkgs/git-filter-repo/template
index 197826753ac..321464c7159 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/git-filter-repo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/git-filter-repo/template
@@ -1,15 +1,25 @@
 # Template file for 'git-filter-repo'
 pkgname=git-filter-repo
-version=2.26.0
+version=2.27.0
 revision=1
 archs=noarch
 depends="git python3"
+checkdepends="git python3 perl rsync dos2unix"
 short_desc="Versatile tool for rewriting git history"
 maintainer="Cameron Nemo <cnemo@tutanota.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo/releases/download/v${version}/git-filter-repo-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=537ac38f49cb5bbb08b1feb7563bace54c34b4d04427e9245c2081654c3ca095
+checksum=41edbb53eb83fce292eb28f044002dc772849ce72053c74715e882c8f1053eef
+
+do_check() {
+	cd t
+	for f in ./t[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-*.sh
+	do
+		echo "Running $f"
+		$f
+	done
+}
 
 do_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING.mit