diff --git a/srcpkgs/tmplgen/template b/srcpkgs/tmplgen/template
index f352a5f3fd6..f51cced3b07 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tmplgen/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tmplgen/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'tmplgen'
 pkgname=tmplgen
 version=1.3.1
-revision=4
+revision=5
 build_style=cargo
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="openssl-devel"
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ short_desc="Void Linux template generator for language-specific package managers
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/Cogitri/tmplgen"
-distfiles="https://static.crates.io/crates/tmplgen/tmplgen-${version}.crate"
-checksum=5e5dc4b3e50f4f2dc87f510bb3d1547a86ecd5a52c0f33305a0a7a3dca40bee9
+distfiles="https://github.com/Cogitri/tmplgen/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=8c8aa5b65045614529626978852416a965d57c77dd5953be58bc84f8d8b27f9b
+# cba for now, tests weren't shipped in the previous tarballs
+make_check=no
 
 post_install() {
 	vman man/tmplgen.1