diff --git a/srcpkgs/j4-dmenu-desktop/template b/srcpkgs/j4-dmenu-desktop/template
index 16c531a685f..07413f96f04 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/j4-dmenu-desktop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/j4-dmenu-desktop/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'j4-dmenu-desktop'
 pkgname=j4-dmenu-desktop
-version=r2.15
+version=r2.16
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DNO_TESTS=1"
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="https://github.com/enkore/j4-dmenu-desktop"
 distfiles="https://github.com/enkore/j4-dmenu-desktop/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=236d5a18e993cef07959cd8a69b48df0285ea127e988f5f75c3f8bc70cdfd711
+checksum=cce03564227677ffbf0d1a15588247904c4fce997bc21bb92e1147a916b6c520
diff --git a/srcpkgs/j4-dmenu-desktop/update b/srcpkgs/j4-dmenu-desktop/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..80dfab74052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/j4-dmenu-desktop/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern='/archive/(v?|\Q'"$pkgname"'\E-)?\Kr[\d\.]+(?=\.tar\.gz")'