diff --git a/srcpkgs/smem/template b/srcpkgs/smem/template
index bbac4b13555..3f2b436e98e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/smem/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/smem/template
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'smem'
 pkgname=smem
-version=1.4
+version=1.5
 revision=1
 depends="python"
 short_desc="Memory reporting tool"
 maintainer="Alexander Egorenkov <egorenar-dev@posteo.net>"
-license="GPL-2"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.selenic.com/smem"
-distfiles="https://www.selenic.com/smem/download/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=2ea9f878f4cf3c276774c3f7e2a41977a1f2d64f98d2dcb6a15f1f3d84df61ec
+distfiles="https://selenic.com/repo/smem/archive/${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=950c39ee8b1e051866564b25c36a6113eae2617e597b8302324bb8ee57d82ba6
 
 do_build() {
 	$CC $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS -o smemcap smemcap.c
diff --git a/srcpkgs/smem/update b/srcpkgs/smem/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..faf166abd47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/smem/update
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+site="https://www.selenic.com/smem/download/
+https://selenic.com/repo/smem/tags"
+pattern="(smem-\K[.\d]+(?=\.tar))|(smem/rev/\K[.\d]+(?=\"))"