diff --git a/main/nftables/template.py b/main/nftables/template.py
index 94945d91e82..56e4b774edd 100644
--- a/main/nftables/template.py
+++ b/main/nftables/template.py
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 # update main/python-nftables alongside this
 pkgname = "nftables"
-pkgver = "1.1.3"
+pkgver = "1.1.6"
 pkgrel = 0
 build_style = "gnu_configure"
 configure_args = [
     "--with-cli=editline",
     "--with-json",
 ]
+configure_env = {
+    "CONFIG_SHELL": "/usr/bin/bash",
+}
 hostmakedepends = [
     "automake",
+    "bash",
     "flex",
     "libtool",
     "pkgconf",
@@ -26,8 +30,10 @@
 license = "GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-or-later"
 url = "http://netfilter.org/projects/nftables"
 source = f"{url}/files/nftables-{pkgver}.tar.xz"
-sha256 = "9c8a64b59c90b0825e540a9b8fcb9d2d942c636f81ba50199f068fde44f34ed8"
+sha256 = "372931bda8556b310636a2f9020adc710f9bab66f47efe0ce90bff800ac2530c"
 hardening = ["vis", "cfi"]
+# requires unshare, python, and still fails on 'nft' cmd
+options = ["!check"]
 
 
 def post_install(self):