diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-evdev/template b/srcpkgs/python3-evdev/template
index c8c22401af0..813c7e2be4c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-evdev/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-evdev/template
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-evdev'
 pkgname=python3-evdev
-version=1.6.0
-revision=5
-build_style=python3-module
+version=1.7.1
+revision=1
+build_style=python3-pep517
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 makedepends="python3-devel"
 depends="python3"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/gvalkov/python-evdev"
 distfiles="https://github.com/gvalkov/python-evdev/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=85877121b46e0eacf390c1ee4a07e6f5fcb3c603c1649efcccdd554f2fe0c3ab
+checksum=9f09ccbb89880dd82c7f71482b662fb1ebb5824968cac0cd3d4e50b9f7715f6a
 
 do_check() {
 	# ignored uinput tests due to permission issues agasint /dev/uinput