diff --git a/srcpkgs/newsbeuter/template b/srcpkgs/newsbeuter/template
index fcf3c0d0860..58c76ee3cf3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/newsbeuter/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/newsbeuter/template
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ short_desc="Newsbeuter is the Mutt of RSS feed readers"
 maintainer="Logen K <logen@sudotask.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://www.newsbeuter.org"
+update_pattern='r[\d.]+\d+'
 distfiles="https://github.com/akrennmair/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=71b0b27bddcc5f5c23c2ed94a9493028b57ca792a29592289b7f5acb1ac8c9e5