diff --git a/srcpkgs/iverilog/update b/srcpkgs/iverilog/update
index 75701c1ac2e..15c39abe7f6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/iverilog/update
+++ b/srcpkgs/iverilog/update
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-site="https://api.github.com/repos/steveicarus/$pkgname/tags"
-pattern='"name":\s*"v\K[\d_]+(?=")'
+pattern='/archive/(v?|\Q'"$pkgname"'\E-)?\K[\d\_]+(?=\.tar\.gz")'