diff --git a/testing/py3-limits/APKBUILD b/testing/py3-limits/APKBUILD
index f5a83dd528d..814a4bdb139 100644
--- a/testing/py3-limits/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/py3-limits/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Maintainer: lauren n. liberda <lauren@selfisekai.rocks>
 pkgname=py3-limits
 pkgver=3.13.0
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Rate limiting using various strategies and storage backends such as redis & memcached"
 url="https://github.com/alisaifee/limits"
 arch="noarch"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ depends="
 	py3-deprecated
 	python3
 	"
-makedepends="py3-setuptools"
+makedepends="py3-setuptools py3-gpep517"
 checkdepends="
 	py3-flaky
 	py3-mongo
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ checkdepends="
 	py3-redis
 	"
 subpackages="$pkgname-pyc"
-options="!check"	# most tests are integration with db connections, assume all connectors installed
+options="!check" # most tests are integration with db connections, assume all connectors installed
 source="
 	https://github.com/alisaifee/limits/archive/refs/tags/$pkgver/limits-$pkgver.tar.gz
 
@@ -31,17 +31,22 @@ source="
 builddir="$srcdir/limits-$pkgver"
 
 build() {
-	python3 setup.py build
+	gpep517 build-wheel \
+		--wheel-dir .dist \
+		--output-fd 3 3>&1 >&2
 }
 
 check() {
-	pytest \
+	python3 -m venv --clear --without-pip --system-site-packages .testenv
+	gpep517 install-wheel --destdir .testenv --prefix '' .dist/*.whl
+	.testenv/bin/python3 -m pytest \
 		-m 'not benchmark and not etcd and not integration and not memcached' \
 		-k 'not aio and not Storage and not strategy' -v
 }
 
 package() {
-	python3 setup.py install --prefix=/usr --root="$pkgdir"
+	gpep517 install-wheel --destdir "$pkgdir" \
+		.dist/*.whl
 }
 
 sha512sums="