diff --git a/srcpkgs/racket/update b/srcpkgs/racket/update
index 48b95b1bb8b..cdb6d0fc89f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/racket/update
+++ b/srcpkgs/racket/update
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-site="https://api.github.com/repos/$pkgname/$pkgname/tags"
-pattern='"name":\s*"v\K[^\d]*([\d\.]+)(?=")'
+site="https://github.com/$pkgname/$pkgname/tags"
+pattern='/archive/(v?|\Q'"$pkgname"'\E-)?\K[\d\.]+(?=\.tar\.gz")'