diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_check.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_check.sh
index d463fa4fbe9..e8a549ad39b 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_check.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_check.sh
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ update_check() {
         fi
 
         rx=${pattern:-$rx}
-        rx=${rx:-'(?<!-)\b\Q'"$pkgname"'\E[-_]?((src|source)[-_])?\K([^-/_\s]*?\d[^-/_\s]*?)(?=(?:[-_.](?:src|source|orig))?\.(?:[jt]ar|shar|t[bglx]z|tbz2|zip))\b'}
+        rx=${rx:-'(?<!-)\b\Q'"$pkgname"'\E[-_]?((src|source)[-_])?v?\K([^-/_\s]*?\d[^-/_\s]*?)(?=(?:[-_.](?:src|source|orig))?\.(?:[jt]ar|shar|t[bglx]z|tbz2|zip))\b'}
 
         if [ "${fetchedurls[$url]}" ]; then
             if [ -n "$XBPS_UPDATE_CHECK_VERBOSE" ]; then