diff --git a/srcpkgs/newsboat/template b/srcpkgs/newsboat/template
index e0ebdeeea5..689e74ecfb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/newsboat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/newsboat/template
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'newsboat'
 pkgname=newsboat
-version=2.21
+version=2.22.1
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
 build_helper="rust"
 configure_script="./config.sh"
 make_install_args="prefix=/usr"
+make_check_target="ci-check"
 hostmakedepends="ruby-asciidoctor pkg-config cargo git gettext"
 makedepends="json-c-devel libcurl-devel libxml2-devel sqlite-devel stfl-devel
  rust-std"
@@ -16,11 +17,14 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="https://newsboat.org/"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/newsboat/newsboat/master/CHANGELOG.md"
 distfiles="https://newsboat.org/releases/${version}/newsboat-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=0c46b3dd46bb578dd6dd4915db4cfdffb4352ab258f251080ad14655c75a9c31
+checksum=8920f41cc53776b67c0e85ad1696b0967f6ac248f3b8913d977942c15d75e690
 
-do_check() {
-	make test
-	(cd test && TERM=$TERM TMPDIR=/dev/shm ./test)
+# tests fail when run by superuser
+# they always fail on musl, see https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/issues/1216
+make_check=extended
+
+pre_check() {
+	export TERM=$TERM
 }
 
 post_install() {