diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pywt/patches/relax-numpy-version.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-pywt/patches/relax-numpy-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c94bb44a14c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pywt/patches/relax-numpy-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- ./pyproject.toml.orig	2023-11-20 08:16:21.192898967 -0500
++++ ./pyproject.toml	2023-11-20 08:16:32.003923501 -0500
+@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
+     # default numpy requirements
+     "numpy==1.22.4; python_version<='3.10' and platform_python_implementation != 'PyPy'",
+     "numpy==1.23.3; python_version=='3.11' and platform_python_implementation != 'PyPy'",
+-    "numpy==1.26.0; python_version=='3.12' and platform_python_implementation != 'PyPy'",
++    "numpy>=1.26.0; python_version=='3.12' and platform_python_implementation != 'PyPy'",
+     # For Python versions which aren't yet officially supported, we specify an
+     # unpinned NumPy which allows source distributions to be used and allows
+     # wheels to be used as soon as they become available.
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pywt/template b/srcpkgs/python3-pywt/template
index 902ea8d2592..4f636bd77aa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pywt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pywt/template
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-pywt'
 pkgname=python3-pywt
-version=1.4.1
-revision=3
-build_style=python3-module
-build_helper="numpy"
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-Cython"
+version=1.5.0
+revision=1
+build_style=python3-pep517
+build_helper="meson numpy"
+make_check_target="pywt/tests"
+hostmakedepends="python3-meson-python python3-Cython"
 makedepends="python3-devel"
 depends="python3-numpy"
 checkdepends="python3-pytest $depends"
@@ -13,11 +14,7 @@ maintainer="Andrew J. Hesford <ajh@sideband.org>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/PyWavelets/pywt"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=b1d0edca28998d35ec1bbc31f009b334a98b475f67b1c84f7521eb689a8607f8
-
-do_check() {
-	(cd build/lib* && python3 -m pytest pywt/tests)
-}
+checksum=5aedfa9bd629f104a04fda88b92582bda38ab22282ce5048b5760b5d18e83fc9
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE