diff --git a/srcpkgs/caffeine-ng/template b/srcpkgs/caffeine-ng/template
index b2b48278913..3057a24c40c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/caffeine-ng/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/caffeine-ng/template
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
 # Template file for 'caffeine-ng'
 pkgname=caffeine-ng
-version=3.4.2
-revision=3
+version=3.5.1
+revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
-pycompile_module="caffeine"
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="desktop-file-utils gtk+3 hicolor-icon-theme libnotify
  python3-dbus python3-docopt python3-ewmh python3-gobject
- python3-setproctitle python3-setuptools python3-xdg"
+ python3-setproctitle python3-setuptools python3-xdg
+ python3-pulsectl"
 short_desc="Temporarily inhibits the screensaver and sleep mode"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/caffeine-ng/caffeine-ng"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/c/caffeine-ng/caffeine-ng-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=9cf843f9359b4b8cdb2ad4a14bb433641a100e25206274eb638c494765d56816
+checksum=7549c09b527be98d7313df4801aae308b2231fbcc21b1de47d16dbbe71a37f2a
+# only runs lints and syntax checks via flake8
+make_check=no
 
 pre_build() {
 	sed -i setup.py \
@@ -21,6 +23,4 @@ pre_build() {
 		-e '/use_scm_version/,+3d' \
 		-e "/name=/ a\
 		version='${version}',"
-	# remove dependency on wheel; it's not a runtime dependency
-	sed -i '/wheel/d' requirements.txt
 }