diff --git a/community/py3-path/APKBUILD b/community/py3-path/APKBUILD
index b199476554b..c35d9a22179 100644
--- a/community/py3-path/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/py3-path/APKBUILD
@@ -1,28 +1,23 @@
 # Contributor: Leo <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>
 # Maintainer: Bart Ribbers <bribbers@disroot.org>
 pkgname=py3-path
-pkgver=16.2.0
-pkgrel=1
+pkgver=16.5.0
+pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Module wrapper for os.path"
 url="https://github.com/jaraco/path"
 arch="noarch"
 license="MIT"
 depends="python3"
-makedepends="py3-setuptools"
+makedepends="py3-gpep517 py3-setuptools py3-setuptools_scm py3-wheel"
 checkdepends="py3-pytest"
 source="https://github.com/jaraco/path/archive/v$pkgver/path-v$pkgver.tar.gz"
 builddir="$srcdir/path-$pkgver"
 
-prepare() {
-	default_prepare
-
-	sed -e '/setuptools_scm/d' \
-		-e "/^\[metadata\]/a version = $pkgver" \
-		-i setup.cfg
-}
-
 build() {
-	python3 setup.py build
+	export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=$pkgver
+	gpep517 build-wheel \
+		--wheel-dir dist \
+		--output-fd 1
 }
 
 check() {
@@ -30,9 +25,10 @@ check() {
 }
 
 package() {
-	python3 setup.py install --prefix=/usr --root="$pkgdir"
+	python3 -m installer -d "$pkgdir" \
+		dist/path*.whl
 }
 
 sha512sums="
-565e49b45c6fdadcb8d4e15e3d529c10044c943b8adccc97ba08195423907335e9ae54272bb90bee6a3ee74791caf98f6f7bc402c36b84a8bd7b45019f2fc42f  path-v16.2.0.tar.gz
+0b9b306b2b5cce1e51d65a7555e54770e19a3d4796dbaf2d617bbe8282c771e3d7975112e443462e9b43bafc533d6dc61bedb8608b0d93cc0d1febec995d1780  path-v16.5.0.tar.gz
 "