diff --git a/mingw-w64-python-gssapi/001-use-distutils-from-stdlib.patch b/mingw-w64-python-gssapi/001-use-distutils-from-stdlib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c219dd8c4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mingw-w64-python-gssapi/001-use-distutils-from-stdlib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@
+ import shutil
+ import shlex
+ 
+-# Enables the vendored distutils in setuptools over the stdlib one to avoid
+-# the deprecation warning. Must be done before importing setuptools,
+-# setuptools also must be imported before distutils.
+-# https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/blob/main/docs/deprecated/distutils-legacy.rst
+-os.environ['SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS'] = 'local'
+ 
+ from setuptools import setup  # noqa: E402
+ from setuptools import Distribution  # noqa: E402
diff --git a/mingw-w64-python-gssapi/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-python-gssapi/PKGBUILD
index 982f3746d0..a19ef43c3f 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-python-gssapi/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-python-gssapi/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ pkgname=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}")
 provides=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3-${_realname}")
 conflicts=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3-${_realname}")
 replaces=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python3-${_realname}")
-pkgver=1.6.5
-pkgrel=2
+pkgver=1.7.3
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="A python interface to RFC 2743/2744 (plus common extensions) (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
 mingw_arch=('mingw32' 'mingw64' 'ucrt64' 'clang64' 'clang32')
@@ -21,12 +21,15 @@ depends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python"
 makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python-setuptools"
              "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cc")
 options=('staticlibs' 'strip' '!debug')
-source=("${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/pythongssapi/python-gssapi/releases/download/v${pkgver}/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz")
-sha512sums=('81e32bd22f4fee6e6ce2e28b60053abd21e5691f5b9083c07437e42547bdd8e55e36b083546a14baa831e2cbe005a6145d09e33815297ddbdab4e1b5a3966a21')
+source=("${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/pythongssapi/python-gssapi/releases/download/v${pkgver}/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz"
+        001-use-distutils-from-stdlib.patch)
+sha256sums=('0e56ee44222d2df37c337c376973861af300a7f86b8ff9dc199c2b3349a3d204'
+           'f042e9e98a8be163e15b815d058d82e787afc1f382296693f560a4b0fce4b882')
 export MSYS=winsymlinks:lnk
 
 prepare() {
   cd "${srcdir}/${_realname}-${pkgver}"
+  patch -p1 -i "${srcdir}"/001-use-distutils-from-stdlib.patch
   sed -i -e 's+elif winkrb_path:+elif False:+g' setup.py
   sed -i -e 's+gssapi/gssapi.h+gss.h+g' gssapi/raw/python_gssapi.h
   sed -i -e 's+gssapi/gssapi.h+gss.h+g' gssapi/raw/python_gssapi_ext.h