diff --git a/community/blender/PKGBUILD b/community/blender/PKGBUILD
index 0a356e8c5..06f67c022 100644
--- a/community/blender/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/blender/PKGBUILD
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ buildarch=8
 
 pkgname=blender
 pkgver=3.0.0
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 epoch=17
 pkgdesc="A fully integrated 3D graphics creation suite"
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ prepare() {
 build() {
   cd "$pkgname"
 
-  local PYTHON_VER=3.9
+  local PYTHON_VER=3.10
 
   # Optix is disabled until NVIDIA makes a new set of Optix headers publically available.
   # That means we'll have to wait on NVIDIA for the time being.