diff --git a/srcpkgs/spectrwm/update b/srcpkgs/spectrwm/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..edc0c39a9cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/spectrwm/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern="SPECTRWM_\K[\d\_]*(?=\.tar\.gz)"