diff --git a/srcpkgs/alpine/update b/srcpkgs/alpine/update
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index 00000000000..6a012065817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/alpine/update
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+site='http://repo.or.cz/alpine.git/blob_plain/master:/VERSION'
+pattern='[\d.]+'