diff --git a/srcpkgs/cmark-gfm/template b/srcpkgs/cmark-gfm/template
index a538d9321a7..3b0ba5eb581 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cmark-gfm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cmark-gfm/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'cmark-gfm'
 pkgname=cmark-gfm
-version=0.29.0.gfm.3
+version=0.29.0.gfm.5
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 short_desc="GitHub's fork of cmark, a CommonMark markdown renderer"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/github/cmark-gfm"
 distfiles="https://github.com/github/cmark-gfm/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=56fba15e63676c756566743dcd43c61c6a77cc1d17ad8be88a56452276ba4d4c
+checksum=f665079062e05abc44ae933a74f1bdc5c89af1e1d2f4152042fc1ec5571093fe
 
 pre_configure() {
 	# Fix the SONAME version to use just the major number
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cmark-gfm/update b/srcpkgs/cmark-gfm/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..47a60c2dcec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/cmark-gfm/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern='[\d.]+.gfm.[\d.]*\d'