diff --git a/community/py3-pynvim/APKBUILD b/community/py3-pynvim/APKBUILD
index 63f85e47c32..24683b5f0e4 100644
--- a/community/py3-pynvim/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/py3-pynvim/APKBUILD
@@ -2,31 +2,36 @@
 # Maintainer: Galen Abell <galen@galenabell.com>
 pkgname=py3-pynvim
 _pyname=pynvim
-pkgver=0.4.3
-pkgrel=6
+pkgver=0.5.0
+pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="python client and plugin host for Nvim"
 url="https://github.com/neovim/pynvim"
 arch="noarch"
 license="Apache-2.0"
-depends="neovim python3 py3-msgpack py3-greenlet"
-makedepends="py3-setuptools"
+depends="neovim py3-msgpack py3-greenlet"
+makedepends="py3-gpep517 py3-setuptools py3-wheel"
 checkdepends="py3-pytest py3-pytest-runner"
 subpackages="$pkgname-pyc"
 source="$_pyname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/neovim/$_pyname/archive/$pkgver.tar.gz"
 builddir="$srcdir/$_pyname-$pkgver"
 
 build() {
-	python3 setup.py build
+	gpep517 build-wheel \
+		--wheel-dir dist \
+		--output-fd 3 3>&1 >&2
 }
 
 check() {
-	python3 setup.py test
+	python3 -m venv --clear --system-site-packages testenv
+	testenv/bin/python3 -m installer dist/*.whl
+	testenv/bin/python3 -m pytest
 }
 
 package() {
-	python3 setup.py install --skip-build --root="$pkgdir"
+	python3 -m installer -d "$pkgdir" \
+		dist/*.whl
 }
 
 sha512sums="
-5d8fc7623a5bc2e069991b901dbd4dcc6005ddab31e2f0a70ee50c2d6febf3b5c29a61fc4dce454aa494779d7a869a1e92a2a97cb66212ed858c3d3fd77c0f55  pynvim-0.4.3.tar.gz
+91ffe3f42cc23ba372223b8c9f6930b0cff9d30b6764052a77a5c34e39a3312a1834b9a753152e96d04d5b4b61ce647bd7470095fac3122ae6b1346dcdf07f2f  pynvim-0.5.0.tar.gz
 "