diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-docutils/patches/fix-test.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-docutils/patches/fix-test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3102edf630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-docutils/patches/fix-test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+--- a/test/test_parsers/test_rst/test_directives/test_code.py
++++ b/test/test_parsers/test_rst/test_directives/test_code.py
+@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@
+              7 \n\
+         <inline classes="keyword">
+             def
+-         \n\
++        <inline classes="whitespace">
++             \n\
+         <inline classes="name function">
+             my_function
+         <inline classes="punctuation">
+--- a/test/test_parsers/test_rst/test_directives/test_code_long.py
++++ b/test/test_parsers/test_rst/test_directives/test_code_long.py
+@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@
+              7 \n\
+         <inline classes="keyword">
+             def
+-         \n\
++        <inline classes="whitespace">
++             \n\
+         <inline classes="name function">
+             my_function
+         <inline classes="punctuation">
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-docutils/template b/srcpkgs/python3-docutils/template
index 48b7f848142..14dc70b23c9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-docutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-docutils/template
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-docutils'
 pkgname=python3-docutils
-version=0.20.1
-revision=3
-build_style=python3-module
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+version=0.21.2
+revision=1
+build_style=python3-pep517
+hostmakedepends="python3-flit_core"
 # docutils/writers/odf_odt/pygmentsformatter.py
 depends="python3-Pygments"
 checkdepends="${depends} python3-pytest"
@@ -12,21 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="Public Domain, BSD-2-Clause, GPL-3.0-or-later, Python-2.0"
 homepage="https://docutils.sourceforge.io"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/d/docutils/docutils-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=f08a4e276c3a1583a86dce3e34aba3fe04d02bba2dd51ed16106244e8a923e3b
-
-alternatives="
- docutils:rst2html:/usr/bin/rst2html.py
- docutils:rst2html4:/usr/bin/rst2html4.py
- docutils:rst2html5:/usr/bin/rst2html5.py
- docutils:rst2latex:/usr/bin/rst2latex.py
- docutils:rst2man:/usr/bin/rst2man.py
- docutils:rst2odt:/usr/bin/rst2odt.py
- docutils:rst2odt_prepstyles:/usr/bin/rst2odt_prepstyles.py
- docutils:rst2pseudoxml:/usr/bin/rst2pseudoxml.py
- docutils:rst2s5:/usr/bin/rst2s5.py
- docutils:rst2xetex:/usr/bin/rst2xetex.py
- docutils:rst2xml:/usr/bin/rst2xml.py
- docutils:rstpep2html:/usr/bin/rstpep2html.py"
+checksum=3a6b18732edf182daa3cd12775bbb338cf5691468f91eeeb109deff6ebfa986f
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING.txt COPYING