diff --git a/srcpkgs/mit-krb5/template b/srcpkgs/mit-krb5/template
index f43b8ec9967..97ed5a2afa7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mit-krb5/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mit-krb5/template
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ 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