diff --git a/testing/amber/APKBUILD b/testing/amber/APKBUILD
index aea717e5cb4..8c3a7c81f3b 100644
--- a/testing/amber/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/amber/APKBUILD
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 # Contributor: Guy Godfroy <guy.godfroy@gugod.fr>
 # Maintainer: Guy Godfroy <guy.godfroy@gugod.fr>
 pkgname=amber
-_pkgname=Amber
-pkgver=0.3.3
+pkgver=0.4.0
 _pkgver=$pkgver-alpha # upstream releases versions suffixed by -alpha for now
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Programming language compiled to bash"
 url="https://amber-lang.com"
 arch="all"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
-depends="bc bash"
+depends="bc bash coreutils"
 makedepends="cargo cargo-auditable"
 source="$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/Ph0enixKM/Amber/archive/refs/tags/$_pkgver.tar.gz"
-builddir="$srcdir/$_pkgname-$_pkgver"
+builddir="$srcdir/$pkgname-$_pkgver"
 options="net"
 
 prepare() {
@@ -25,7 +24,12 @@ build() {
 }
 
 check() {
-	cargo test --frozen
+	# bash_error_exit_code expect debug build
+	# the other tests are broken and are supposed to be fixed in 0.5.0
+	cargo test --frozen -- \
+		--skip bash_error_exit_code \
+		--skip download \
+		--skip test_stdlib_src_tests_stdlib_text_replace_regex_ext_ab
 }
 
 package() {
@@ -33,5 +37,5 @@ package() {
 }
 
 sha512sums="
-7b9b519aba3cab95660c3f3b699bb2b1ee9a35ec61833655a7f395666323bec0bfc6e60dfdc4b11b203a36bc3ba025454df399f0cfb96c6250a471b9591ab4f2  amber-0.3.3.tar.gz
+d9a6ec3b36ef10096ee7982d07379c60fc7e1345336015feed8e63fa7589c9df05b505b07f17bb37b90e5aa271fbca012c3657d4205638f8b642a9ca2a8b1793  amber-0.4.0.tar.gz
 "