diff --git a/srcpkgs/element-desktop/template b/srcpkgs/element-desktop/template
index 7dd3f717b7d..0231586c65f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/element-desktop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/element-desktop/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'element-desktop'
 pkgname=element-desktop
-version=1.11.5
+version=1.11.8
 revision=1
 create_wrksrc=yes
 conf_files="/etc/${pkgname}/config.json"
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ homepage="https://element.io"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vector-im/element-desktop/develop/CHANGELOG.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/vector-im/element-desktop/archive/v${version}.tar.gz>element-desktop.tar.gz
  https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/archive/v${version}.tar.gz>element-web.tar.gz"
-checksum="549540c80d26f1f8951a8e9b82e431a9db8686124c4f0b13e50e46a62b5388f2
- 08cd5542f7c9e9bb479b27fcf16247e75dfc80cdee5b0e3ee7c11a7fbe27d4a7"
+checksum="541c01fdac38db2a4e7c058be5d2196ace0cd987c37f58a79631ec43c260182f
+ 9d9bb42a3d004ab4659d2945e6752aa278c59bc3b7f75919ce076bf3fb2b5f73"
 
 export USE_SYSTEM_APP_BUILDER=true
 
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ pre_patch() {
 	done
 }
 
+post_patch() {
+	cd ${pkgname/desktop/web}
+	# Disable auto-updating
+	jq '.update_base_url = ""' element.io/app/config.json | sponge element.io/app/config.json
+
+	cd ../${pkgname}
+	vsed -i 's/"target": "deb"/"target": "dir"/g' package.json
+}
+
 pre_build() {
 	# since element 1.8.x it's necessary to force the npm arch
 	# to x86, otherwise it will fail in electron js stuff on
@@ -46,15 +55,12 @@ pre_build() {
 	esac
 
 	cd ${pkgname/desktop/web}
-	# Disable auto-updating
-	jq '.update_base_url = ""' element.io/app/config.json | sponge element.io/app/config.json
 
 	# Build dependencies for element-web
 	npm_config_arch=$carch yarn install
 
 	# Build dependencies and alterations for element-desktop
 	cd ../${pkgname}
-	vsed -i 's/"target": "deb"/"target": "dir"/g' package.json
 	npm_config_arch=$carch yarn install
 }