diff --git a/srcpkgs/emacs-ess/update b/srcpkgs/emacs-ess/update
index 0aaaf9b0832..43eba209e67 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/emacs-ess/update
+++ b/srcpkgs/emacs-ess/update
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-pkgname=ess
+site="https://github.com/emacs-ess/ESS/tags"
+pattern="/archive/v\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar\.gz)"