diff --git a/srcpkgs/allegro4/template b/srcpkgs/allegro4/template
index 6d66fd07622..08c3393997c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/allegro4/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/allegro4/template
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ short_desc="Portable library mainly aimed at video game and multimedia programmi
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="Allegro License (MIT alike)"
 homepage="http://alleg.sourceforge.net/"
-update_pattern='allegro-\K[\d.]+'
+update_pkgname=allegro
 update_ignore='5.*'
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/alleg/allegro-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=1b21e7577dbfada02d85ca4510bd22fedaa6ce76fde7f4838c7c1276eb840fdc