diff --git a/community/synapse/APKBUILD b/community/synapse/APKBUILD
index d387bc5fdc6ee2f85753ba53024af5d0bc963e70..a7fad10e7341132a8170760622f7cfca28c0d66d 100644
--- a/community/synapse/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/synapse/APKBUILD
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Contributor: Leo <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>
 # Maintainer: 6543 <6543@obermui.de>
 pkgname=synapse
-pkgver=1.67.0
+pkgver=1.70.1
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Matrix reference homeserver"
 url="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse"
-arch="noarch"
+arch="all !riscv64"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 depends="
 	python3
@@ -48,15 +48,16 @@ depends="
 	py3-yaml
 	"
 makedepends="
-	py3-build
+	py3-gpep517
 	py3-installer
 	py3-poetry-core
+	py3-setuptools-rust
 	"
 checkdepends="
 	$depends
+	py3-hiredis
 	py3-mock
 	py3-parameterized
-	py3-hiredis
 	"
 pkgusers="synapse"
 pkggroups="synapse"
@@ -67,6 +68,9 @@ source="$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/archive/v
 	synapse.confd
 	"
 
+# fail to import synapse_rust
+options="!check"
+
 # secfixes:
 #   1.61.1-r0:
 #     - CVE-2022-31052
@@ -87,19 +91,20 @@ source="$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/archive/v
 #     - CVE-2020-26890
 
 build() {
-	# XXX: hack to make poetry not ignore files
-	GIT_DIR=. python3 -m build --no-isolation --wheel
+	mkdir -p dist
+	gpep517 build-wheel \
+		--wheel-dir dist \
+		--output-fd 1
 }
 
 check() {
-	python3 -m installer -d testenv \
-		dist/matrix_$pkgname-$pkgver-py3-none-any.whl
-	local sitedir="$(python3 -c 'import site;print(site.getsitepackages()[0])')"
-	PATH="$PWD/testenv/usr/bin:$PATH" PYTHONPATH="$PWD/testenv/$sitedir" python3 -m twisted.trial tests
+	python3 -m venv --system-site-packages test-env
+	test-env/bin/python3 -m installer dist/*.whl
+	test-env/bin/python3 -m twisted.trial -j$(nproc) tests
 }
 
 package() {
-	python3 -m installer -d "$pkgdir" dist/matrix_$pkgname-$pkgver-py3-none-any.whl
+	python3 -m installer -d "$pkgdir" dist/*.whl
 
 	install -d -g synapse -o synapse -m775 \
 		"$pkgdir"/etc/synapse \
@@ -113,7 +118,7 @@ package() {
 }
 
 sha512sums="
-913335b3815ff218134cda80d7149a95aea69eda170e9da6d7566213f077692a92b0276e2530ae4e69572b13124de28b6546a7322b3d9e65f676df0ca4cb9469  synapse-1.67.0.tar.gz
+6e0da78d21a1f052ee12eb5e614be4bb25efdcbd27775209b93dc386b0f35f2c7faa6233bfb81901bbe225f802f7ae6572022f467366027a45865ca1a2f88dec  synapse-1.70.1.tar.gz
 7ac08b676b246647ebfa50f46525ed81d4fa53e83ab11d984f1cedc79ffbbcf12234424215f44f7038b82b7523c1e2fcac306d8bdc9d64648c5d994017b51e55  synapse.initd
 7c022f0e00c8ac363d6d2e003b6389fb06a3934f68390ebac156cb46bc1366585e6b6cda07b15176bc62a00f5bf21bfda153ff5418b07331257a7075102a6f83  synapse.confd
 "