diff --git a/srcpkgs/pax-utils/template b/srcpkgs/pax-utils/template
index b6613069cfc..843bd58ed9f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pax-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pax-utils/template
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'pax-utils'
 pkgname=pax-utils
 version=1.3.8
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=meson
 makedepends="libcap-devel"
-checkdepends="python3-pyelftools"
+depends="python3-pyelftools"
+checkdepends="${depends}"
 short_desc="PaX aware and related utilities for ELF binaries"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-only"