diff --git a/mingw-w64-python-tifffile/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-python-tifffile/PKGBUILD
index 3192762b0a..53bd3fa2e5 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-python-tifffile/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-python-tifffile/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 _realname=tifffile
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-python-${_realname}
 pkgname=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python-${_realname}")
-pkgver=2021.1.14
+pkgver=2021.2.1
 pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc='Read and write image data from and to TIFF files (mingw-w64)'
+pkgdesc="Read and write image data from and to TIFF files (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
 url="https://github.com/cgohlke/tifffile"
 license=('BSD-3-Clause')
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@ makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python-setuptools")
 optdepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python-imagecodecs: required only for encoding or decoding LZW, JPEG, etc."
             "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python-matplotlib: required only for plotting"
             "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python-lxml: required only for validating and printing XML")
+options=('staticlibs' 'strip' '!debug')
 source=("https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/${_realname:0:1}/${_realname}/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz")
-sha256sums=('a5f8caaf672dab0dc8b2609b61d4fd23c6b6fe7e9df38750d4c872962a080ba9')
+sha256sums=('6793787742e18cf2116bc65e17c51cd9c14cd27a4a6033a8ddd5bf801a637615')
 
 prepare() {
-  cd "$srcdir"
+  cd "${srcdir}"
+
   rm -rf python-build-${CARCH} | true
   cp -r "${_realname}-${pkgver}" "python-build-${CARCH}"
 }
@@ -30,6 +32,12 @@ build() {
   ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/python setup.py build
 }
 
+check() {
+  msg "Python test for ${CARCH}"
+  cd "${srcdir}/python-build-${CARCH}"
+  ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/python setup.py check --strict
+}
+
 package() {
   cd "${srcdir}/python-build-${CARCH}"
   MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL="--prefix=;--install-scripts=;--install-platlib=" \
@@ -41,7 +49,6 @@ package() {
   local PREFIX_WIN=$(cygpath -wm ${MINGW_PREFIX})
   # fix python command in files
   for _f in "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}"/bin/*.py; do
-    sed -e "s|/usr/bin/env |${MINGW_PREFIX}|g" \
-        -e "s|${PREFIX_WIN}|${MINGW_PREFIX}|g" -i ${_f}
+    sed -i 's/\#\!.*//' ${_f}
   done
 }