diff --git a/srcpkgs/newsbeuter/template b/srcpkgs/newsbeuter/template
index 58c76ee3cf3..fcf3c0d0860 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/newsbeuter/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/newsbeuter/template
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ short_desc="Newsbeuter is the Mutt of RSS feed readers"
 maintainer="Logen K <logen@sudotask.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://www.newsbeuter.org"
-update_pattern='r[\d.]+\d+'
 distfiles="https://github.com/akrennmair/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=71b0b27bddcc5f5c23c2ed94a9493028b57ca792a29592289b7f5acb1ac8c9e5
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/newsbeuter/update b/srcpkgs/newsbeuter/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f7eee0a6c4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/newsbeuter/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern='r[\d.]+\d+'