diff --git a/srcpkgs/mdcat/template b/srcpkgs/mdcat/template
index 3b2707f0bb2..303a1a3afdc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mdcat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mdcat/template
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'mdcat'
 pkgname=mdcat
-version=2.2.0
+version=2.3.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cargo
+build_helper=qemu
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config ruby-asciidoctor"
 makedepends="openssl-devel"
 depends="shared-mime-info"
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ license="MPL-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/swsnr/mdcat"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/swsnr/mdcat/main/CHANGELOG.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/swsnr/mdcat/archive/refs/tags/mdcat-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=bc57c65786dbb4986d75762252b76a73ab52dc60f3b088089753a0d51617cdb0
+checksum=0582923595d974d671d4f4dc337ed5be2e554df93974159a6277dbc0345590bc
 make_check=ci-skip  # uses network tests which fail in CI
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
@@ -22,16 +23,19 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 esac
 
 post_install() {
+	ln -sf /usr/bin/mdcat "${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/mdless"
+	# additional symlink to make completion generation work
+	ln -sf "${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/mdcat" /usr/bin/mdcat
+
 	for command in mdcat mdless; do
-		bash_completion=$(find ${wrksrc}/target -name ${command}.bash -print -quit)
-		vcompletion ${bash_completion} bash ${command}
-		zsh_completion=$(find ${wrksrc}/target -name _${command} -print -quit)
-		vcompletion ${zsh_completion} zsh ${command}
-		fish_completion=$(find ${wrksrc}/target -name ${command}.fish -print -quit)
-		vcompletion ${fish_completion} fish ${command}
+		for shell in bash fish zsh; do
+			vtargetrun "${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/${command}" --completions "${shell}" \
+				> "${command}.${shell}"
+			vcompletion "${command}.${shell}" "${shell}" "${command}"
+		done
 	done
 
-	man_page=$(find ${wrksrc}/target -name mdcat.1 -print -quit)
-	vman ${man_page}
-	ln -sf /usr/bin/mdcat ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/mdless
+	asciidoctor -b manpage -a reproducible -o mdcat.1 mdcat.1.adoc
+	vman mdcat.1
+	ln -sf /usr/share/man/man1/mdcat.1 "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1/mdless.1"
 }