diff --git a/python/python3-plexapi/python3-plexapi.SlackBuild b/python/python3-plexapi/python3-plexapi.SlackBuild
index abefd851e4e..17bd2a3b706 100644
--- a/python/python3-plexapi/python3-plexapi.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/python3-plexapi/python3-plexapi.SlackBuild
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=python3-plexapi
-VERSION=${VERSION:-4.15.16}
-SRCNAM=PlexAPI
+VERSION=${VERSION:-4.16.0}
+SRCNAM=plexapi
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -67,9 +67,11 @@ 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 {} \;
 
-sed -i -e "s~.*scripts=glob.glob(\"Scripts/\*.py\"),~~" setup.py
+PYVER=$(python3 -c 'import sys; print("%d.%d" % sys.version_info[:2])')
+export PYTHONPATH=/opt/python$PYVER/site-packages/
 
-python3 setup.py install --root=$PKG
+python3 -m build --wheel --no-isolation
+python3 -m installer --destdir="$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/python/python3-plexapi/python3-plexapi.info b/python/python3-plexapi/python3-plexapi.info
index 0371a950f6a..41ff496c28f 100644
--- a/python/python3-plexapi/python3-plexapi.info
+++ b/python/python3-plexapi/python3-plexapi.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="python3-plexapi"
-VERSION="4.15.16"
+VERSION="4.16.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/pkkid/python-plexapi"
-DOWNLOAD="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/2a/28/c0920a19272f30bc86ead5f546fb97f9cb09175a27b805f9410ce08aa67e/PlexAPI-4.15.16.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="b288e02329e154e4f20df7493f50c608"
+DOWNLOAD="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/17/78/eea1f69eebdcda76fbcd368e9bd7bd6c2daa95cbdf6fa8eaf36e3f7d45b3/plexapi-4.16.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="d58e9a015098ca2526239a07a31ca8ee"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES=""
+REQUIRES="python3-setuptools-opt"
 MAINTAINER="Pouria Rezaei"
 EMAIL="Pouria.rz@outlook.com"