diff --git a/srcpkgs/mit-krb5/template b/srcpkgs/mit-krb5/template
index 97ed5a2afa7..f43b8ec9967 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mit-krb5/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mit-krb5/template
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ short_desc="MIT Kerberos 5 implementation"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://web.mit.edu/Kerberos"
-update_pattern='krb5-\K[\d.]+'
 distfiles="$homepage/dist/krb5/${version%.*}/krb5-${version}-signed.tar"
 checksum=72f1b6c166cb42c0b03814ab7ea10f91926d8a665a5ba1cee430a3f31e62c580
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mit-krb5/update b/srcpkgs/mit-krb5/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad3298934bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mit-krb5/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern='krb5-\K[\d.]+'