diff --git a/srcpkgs/snixembed/template b/srcpkgs/snixembed/template
index c39b2feb916..bc8c37948a8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/snixembed/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/snixembed/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'snixembed'
 pkgname=snixembed
-version=0.2.2
+version=0.3.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_use_env=yes
@@ -11,14 +11,7 @@ maintainer="projectmoon <projectmoon@agnos.is>"
 license="ISC"
 homepage="https://git.sr.ht/~steef/snixembed"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=91e654ced9c09f2c566afef2035894be6c99d18189a234a07b6c921427851a04
-
-pre_build() {
-	# Need to patch makefile with version because currently it
-	# assumes it's in a git repo.
-	vsed -i makefile -e 's/version.vala:.*/version.vala:/g'
-	vsed -i makefile -e 's/VERSION = .*$/VERSION = \\"'"${version}"'\\";\" > $@/g'
-}
+checksum=7f49fcd891ffa58be8b7e387a73cfd5b98a354aad3af1c76d9960a07cd92340e
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
diff --git a/srcpkgs/snixembed/update b/srcpkgs/snixembed/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..317672d2239
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/snixembed/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="https://git.sr.ht/%7Esteef/snixembed/refs"
+pattern="snixembed/refs/\K[.\d]+(?=\")"