diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-multidict/template b/srcpkgs/python3-multidict/template
index 1a805d98207..6f0023a7f7a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-multidict/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-multidict/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-multidict'
 pkgname=python3-multidict
-version=4.7.6
-revision=2
+version=5.0.0
+revision=1
 wrksrc="multidict-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
-hostmakedepends="python3-Cython python3-setuptools"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 makedepends="python3-devel"
 checkdepends="python3-pytest"
 short_desc="Multidict implementation from aiohttp"
@@ -12,13 +12,12 @@ maintainer="Michael Aldridge <maldridge@voidlinux.org>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/aio-libs/multidict"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aio-libs/multidict/master/CHANGES.rst"
-distfiles="https://github.com/aio-libs/multidict/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=449035f89a12f189579ff83811424c71e4a39e335bcb8045145ad084b7bde2dc
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/m/multidict/multidict-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=1b324444299c3a49b601b1bf621fc21704e29066f6ac2b7d7e4034a4a18662a1
 
 do_check() {
 	# don't enable coverage for tests
-	vsed -e '/pytest-cov==/d' -i requirements/pytest.txt
-	vsed -e '/addopts/d' -e setup.cfg
+	vsed -e '/addopts/d' -i setup.cfg
 
 	cp -f build/lib.linux-*/multidict/*.so multidict
 	python3 -m pytest
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-multidict/update b/srcpkgs/python3-multidict/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8478182ba96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-multidict/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore="*[a-z]*"