diff --git a/srcpkgs/swayrbar/template b/srcpkgs/swayrbar/template
index 4571ff0ba77..8eeec014d3f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/swayrbar/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/swayrbar/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'swayrbar'
 pkgname=swayrbar
-version=0.4.0
+version=0.4.2
 revision=1
 build_wrksrc=swayrbar
 build_style=cargo
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://sr.ht/~tsdh/swayr/"
 changelog="https://git.sr.ht/~tsdh/swayr/tree/main/item/swayr/NEWS.md"
 distfiles="https://git.sr.ht/~tsdh/swayr/archive/swayrbar-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=8611f62325561b9506fb05bcb4087f3face991cc1f9e7cef5de8f08b57b29cd6
+checksum=6a7b3b0bbb57160e6933b2ee0ad7438909a74ebafd871bf79bdb3fa47f9bbbe0
diff --git a/srcpkgs/swayrbar/update b/srcpkgs/swayrbar/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3cebd62d640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/swayrbar/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern='<title>Release swayrbar-\K[\d.]+(?=</title>)'