diff --git a/srcpkgs/upower/template b/srcpkgs/upower/template
index 0acee66f313..a16d6dbee9b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/upower/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/upower/template
@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
 # Template file for 'upower'
 pkgname=upower
-version=0.99.7
-revision=4
+version=0.99.9
+revision=1
+_distver="${version//./_}"
+wrksrc="upower-UPOWER_${_distver}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--disable-static --with-backend=linux"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool libxslt docbook-xsl $(vopt_if gir gobject-introspection)"
-makedepends="libusb-devel libgudev-devel dbus-glib-devel libimobiledevice-devel polkit-devel"
+configure_args="--disable-static --with-backend=linux $(vopt_enable gir introspection)"
 conf_files="/etc/UPower/UPower.conf"
+hostmakedepends="automake gettext-devel glib-devel gobject-introspection gtk-doc
+ intltool libtool libxslt pkg-config"
+makedepends="libusb-devel libgudev-devel dbus-glib-devel libimobiledevice-devel polkit-devel"
+checkdepends="python3-dbus"
 short_desc="Abstraction for enumerating power devices"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
-homepage="http://upower.freedesktop.org"
-distfiles="${homepage}/releases/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=24bcc2f6ab25a2533bac70b587bcb019e591293076920f5b5e04bdedc140a401
+homepage="https://upower.freedesktop.org"
+distfiles="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/upower/upower/-/archive/UPOWER_${_distver}/upower-UPOWER_${_distver}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=388b273c59cad7d612dfe249c93f1e9c16532d6409f7fdc384bfa362e0dc5f0f
 
 provides="upower0-${version}_${revision}"
 replaces="upower0>=0"
@@ -24,6 +28,10 @@ if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	build_options_default="gir"
 fi
 
+pre_configure() {
+	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
+}
+
 libupower-glib3_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - runtime library"
 	pkg_install() {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/upower/update b/srcpkgs/upower/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e9e56d5e14b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/upower/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern='upower[_-]\K[\d\._]+(?=\.tar\.gz)'