diff --git a/community/zulip-term/APKBUILD b/community/zulip-term/APKBUILD
index c77a86c0814..a440638b54f 100644
--- a/community/zulip-term/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/zulip-term/APKBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 pkgname=zulip-term
 _pkgname=zulip-terminal
 pkgver=0.7.0
-pkgrel=4
+pkgrel=5
 pkgdesc="official terminal client for Zulip"
 url="https://github.com/zulip/zulip-terminal"
 arch="noarch"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ depends="
 	py3-urwid_readline
 	py3-zulip
 	"
-makedepends="py3-setuptools"
+makedepends="py3-gpep517 py3-setuptools py3-wheel"
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc $pkgname-pyc"
 options="!check" # legacy dependencies
 source="$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/zulip/zulip-terminal/archive/$pkgver.tar.gz
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ source="$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/zulip/zulip-terminal/archive
 builddir="$srcdir/$_pkgname-$pkgver"
 
 build() {
-	python3 setup.py build
+	gpep517 build-wheel --wheel-dir .dist --output-fd 3 3>&1 >&2
 }
 
 package() {
-	python3 setup.py install --skip-build --root="$pkgdir"
+	python3 -m installer -d "$pkgdir" .dist/*.whl
 
 	install -Dm0644 -t "$pkgdir"/usr/share/doc/"$pkgname" \
 		docs/getting-started.md \