diff --git a/srcpkgs/transmission/update b/srcpkgs/transmission/update
index eef8b91927a..d5656f4ed0a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/transmission/update
+++ b/srcpkgs/transmission/update
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-site="https://api.github.com/repos/transmission/transmission/tags"
-pattern='"name":\s*"\K([\d\.]+)(?=")'
+site="https://github.com/transmission/transmission/tags"
+pattern='/archive/(v?|\Q'"$pkgname"'\E-)?\K[\d\.]+(?=\.tar\.gz")'