diff --git a/gis/python3-pyproj/python3-pyproj.SlackBuild b/gis/python3-pyproj/python3-pyproj.SlackBuild
index 78bebd6211..8ce3614531 100644
--- a/gis/python3-pyproj/python3-pyproj.SlackBuild
+++ b/gis/python3-pyproj/python3-pyproj.SlackBuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=python3-pyproj
-VERSION=${VERSION:-3.5.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-3.6.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
-python3 setup.py install --root=$PKG
+export PYTHONPATH=/opt/python3.9/site-packages
+
+python3 -m build --no-isolation
+python3 -m installer -d "$PKG" dist/*.whl
 
 find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
diff --git a/gis/python3-pyproj/python3-pyproj.info b/gis/python3-pyproj/python3-pyproj.info
index 836c6e3377..f093177f12 100644
--- a/gis/python3-pyproj/python3-pyproj.info
+++ b/gis/python3-pyproj/python3-pyproj.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="python3-pyproj"
-VERSION="3.5.0"
+VERSION="3.6.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/pyproj4/pyproj"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/pyproj4/pyproj/archive/3.5.0/pyproj-3.5.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="27906a26dabdece2a0d4b70def556f08"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/pyproj4/pyproj/archive/3.6.0/pyproj-3.6.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="dd28c4d2b030431ebde1c96b118f55cd"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="proj"
+REQUIRES="proj python3-setuptools-opt"
 MAINTAINER="ArTourter"
 EMAIL="artourter@gmail.com"