diff --git a/testing/py3-catkin-pkg/APKBUILD b/testing/py3-catkin-pkg/APKBUILD
index 1456eee9f0a..fa20d047f12 100644
--- a/testing/py3-catkin-pkg/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/py3-catkin-pkg/APKBUILD
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 pkgname=py3-catkin-pkg
 _pkgname=catkin_pkg
 pkgver=0.5.2
-pkgrel=3
+pkgrel=4
 pkgdesc="Standalone Python library for the catkin build system."
 url="http://wiki.ros.org/catkin_pkg"
 arch="noarch"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 depends="python3 py3-docutils py3-dateutil py3-parsing"
-makedepends="py3-setuptools"
+makedepends="py3-setuptools py3-gpep517"
 checkdepends="py3-pytest py3-mock"
 subpackages="$pkgname-pyc"
 source="https://github.com/ros-infrastructure/catkin_pkg/archive/refs/tags/$pkgver/catkin-pkg-$pkgver.tar.gz"
@@ -25,15 +25,20 @@ prepare() {
 }
 
 build() {
-	python3 setup.py build
+	gpep517 build-wheel \
+		--wheel-dir .dist \
+		--output-fd 3 3>&1 >&2
 }
 
 check() {
-	PYTHONPATH=build/lib python3 -m unittest test/test_*.py
+	python3 -m venv --clear --without-pip --system-site-packages .testenv
+	gpep517 install-wheel --destdir .testenv --prefix '' .dist/*.whl
+	.testenv/bin/python3 -m unittest test/test_*.py
 }
 
 package() {
-	python3 setup.py install --skip-build --root="$pkgdir"
+	gpep517 install-wheel --destdir "$pkgdir" \
+		.dist/*.whl
 }
 
 sha512sums="