diff --git a/srcpkgs/spice-protocol/update b/srcpkgs/spice-protocol/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..12f99f0841f
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@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site=https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/spice-protocol/tags
+pattern="v\K[\d\.]*(?=\.tar\.gz)"