diff --git a/srcpkgs/watchexec/template b/srcpkgs/watchexec/template
index a9be5777c60..e49e51c555c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/watchexec/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/watchexec/template
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'watchexec'
 pkgname=watchexec
-version=1.15.0
+version=1.17.1
 revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-cli-v${version}"
+build_wrksrc="cli"
 build_style=cargo
 short_desc="Executes commands in response to file modifications"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/watchexec/watchexec"
-distfiles="https://github.com/watchexec/watchexec/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=536366e294047480ebfd440edc473690c226f23d07ea166023d1a7e8953c4f34
+distfiles="https://github.com/watchexec/watchexec/archive/refs/tags/cli-v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=3bc82174729628010d29c85f2d2c61cc45cef5cc729f13153b1422c8f647d33f
 
 post_install() {
-	vdoc README.md
-	vman doc/watchexec.1
-	vcompletion completions/zsh zsh
+	vdoc ../README.md
+	vman ../doc/watchexec.1
+	vcompletion ../completions/zsh zsh
 }