diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-dbus-fast/template b/srcpkgs/python3-dbus-fast/template
index 0fad23fdb7b..7fa445e2e5c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-dbus-fast/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-dbus-fast/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-dbus-fast'
 pkgname=python3-dbus-fast
 version=2.39.3
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=python3-pep517
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-wheel python3-poetry-core python3-Cython"
 depends="python3"
@@ -17,3 +17,9 @@ make_check=no # no tests included
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }
+
+python3-dbus-next_package() {
+	short_desc="Next great DBus library (transitional dummy package)"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	build_style=meta
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-dbus-next b/srcpkgs/python3-dbus-next
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..0259b0e385c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-dbus-next
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python3-dbus-fast
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-dbus-next/template b/srcpkgs/python3-dbus-next/template
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c34ed01924..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-dbus-next/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'python3-dbus-next'
-pkgname=python3-dbus-next
-version=0.2.3
-revision=2
-build_style=python3-module
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
-depends="python3"
-short_desc="Next great DBus library"
-maintainer="Bartek Stalewski <ftpd@insomniac.pl>"
-license="MIT"
-homepage="https://github.com/altdesktop/python-dbus-next"
-changelog="https://github.com/altdesktop/python-dbus-next/raw/master/CHANGELOG.md"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/d/dbus-next/dbus_next-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=f4eae26909332ada528c0a3549dda8d4f088f9b365153952a408e28023a626a5
-# Tests are not provided in source tarball
-make_check=no
-
-post_install() {
-	vlicense LICENSE
-}