diff --git a/community/sxmo-utils/0001-Switch-from-light-to-brightnessctl.patch b/community/sxmo-utils/0001-Switch-from-light-to-brightnessctl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..20fb6afb5e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/sxmo-utils/0001-Switch-from-light-to-brightnessctl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+From d0384a7caed036d25228fa3279c36c0230795e4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Willow Barraco <contact@willowbarraco.fr>
+Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2023 08:49:37 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH sxmo-utils] Switch from light to brightnessctl
+
+light has been flagged as orphan by its developper, and dropped from
+aports.
+
+https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/merge_requests/49859
+https://github.com/haikarainen/light/issues/147
+
+We switch to brightnessctl that works the same, and that also support
+flashlight and leds.
+
+Signed-off-by: Willow Barraco <contact@willowbarraco.fr>
+---
+ scripts/core/sxmo_brightness.sh | 23 ++++++++++++++++-------
+ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/scripts/core/sxmo_brightness.sh b/scripts/core/sxmo_brightness.sh
+index aec00020..5bbeed7a 100755
+--- a/scripts/core/sxmo_brightness.sh
++++ b/scripts/core/sxmo_brightness.sh
+@@ -10,27 +10,36 @@
+ 
+ notify() {
+ 	if [ "$SXMO_WM" = "sway" ] && [ -z "$SXMO_WOB_DISABLE" ]; then
+-		light | grep -o "^[0-9]*" > "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"/sxmo.wobsock
++		getvalue > "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"/sxmo.wobsock
+ 	else
+-		light | xargs dunstify -r 888 "$icon_brightness Brightness"
++		getvalue | xargs dunstify -r 888 "$icon_brightness Brightness"
+ 	fi
+ }
+ 
+ setvalue() {
+-	light -S "$1"
++	brightnessctl set "$1"%
+ }
+ 
+ up() {
+-	light -A 5
++	brightnessctl set 5%+
+ }
+ 
+ down() {
+-	light -N "${SXMO_MIN_BRIGHTNESS:-5}"
+-	light -U 5
++	# bugged https://github.com/Hummer12007/brightnessctl/issues/82
++	# brightnessctl --min-value "${SXMO_MIN_BRIGHTNESS:-5}" set 5%-
++
++	if [ "$(getvalue)" -gt "${SXMO_MIN_BRIGHTNESS:-5}" ]; then
++		brightnessctl set 5%-
++	else
++		brightnessctl set "${SXMO_MIN_BRIGHTNESS:-5}"%
++	fi
+ }
+ 
+ getvalue() {
+-	light
++	brightnessctl info \
++		| grep "Current brightness:" \
++		| awk '{ print $NF }' \
++		| grep -o "[0-9]*"
+ }
+ 
+ "$@"
+-- 
+2.41.0
+
diff --git a/community/sxmo-utils/APKBUILD b/community/sxmo-utils/APKBUILD
index 919f9ef7cff..d79a71d376b 100644
--- a/community/sxmo-utils/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/sxmo-utils/APKBUILD
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-# Maintainer: Anjandev Momi <anjan@momi.ca>
+# Contributor: Anjandev Momi <anjan@momi.ca>
 # Contributor: Maarten van Gompel <proycon@anaproy.nl>
+# Maintainer: Willow Barraco <contact@willowbarraco.fr>
 pkgname=sxmo-utils
 pkgver=1.14.2
-pkgrel=4
+pkgrel=5
 pkgdesc="Utility scripts, programs, and configs that hold the Sxmo UI environment together"
 url="https://git.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-utils"
 arch="all !ppc64le" # limited by codemadness-frontends
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ subpackages="
 	"
 source="
 	$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://git.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-utils/archive/$pkgver.tar.gz
+	0001-Switch-from-light-to-brightnessctl.patch
 	rootfs-etc-NetworkManager-conf.d-00-sxmo.conf
 	rootfs-etc-polkit-1-rules.d-00-sxmo.rules
 	rootfs-etc-polkit-1-rules.d-50-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.rules
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ common() {
 
 		adwaita-icon-theme
 		alsa-utils
+		brightnessctl
 		callaudiod
 		codemadness-frontends
 		conky
@@ -79,7 +82,6 @@ common() {
 		font-dejavu-sans-mono-nerd
 		geoclue
 		inotify-tools
-		light
 		linux-tools-iio
 		lisgd
 		mediainfo
@@ -243,6 +245,7 @@ audio_bluetooth_pulseaudio() {
 
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