diff --git a/srcpkgs/jedit/update b/srcpkgs/jedit/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5cac9c586ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/jedit/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern="jedit\K[0-9.]+(?=source.tar)"