diff --git a/srcpkgs/ngircd/update b/srcpkgs/ngircd/update
index 7ca05c07b30..43e3e89b15b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ngircd/update
+++ b/srcpkgs/ngircd/update
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-site="https://api.github.com/repos/ngircd/ngircd/tags"
-pattern='"name"\s*:\s*"rel-\K[\d]+(?=")'
+pattern='/archive/(v?|\Q'"$pkgname"'\E-)rel-?\K[\d\.]+(?=\.tar\.gz")'