diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-numpy-stl/template b/srcpkgs/python-numpy-stl/template
index 02314124dd..0660c13589 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-numpy-stl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-numpy-stl/template
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'python-numpy-stl'
 pkgname=python-numpy-stl
-version=2.5.0
+version=2.6.0
 revision=1
-wrksrc="numpy-stl-${version}"
+wrksrc="numpy-stl-v${version}"
 build_style=python-module
 pycompile_module="stl"
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools python-Cython python3-Cython"
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ short_desc="Python2 library to make working with STL files fast and easy"
 maintainer="Karl Nilsson <karl.robert.nilsson@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/WoLpH/numpy-stl/"
-distfiles="https://github.com/WoLpH/numpy-stl/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=c2919e2ff4945f41dc6bd140c37f77643776076a1734b8913e2461e44465393b
+distfiles="https://github.com/WoLpH/numpy-stl/releases/download/v${version}/numpy-stl-v${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=48d0f3c23cddec6975be5367d8eb4ce09508c2527101cf1c034da01ff702bf3d
 
 alternatives="
  numpy-stl:stl:/usr/bin/stl2
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ alternatives="
 
 pre_build() {
 	sed -i '/setup_requires=/d' setup.py
-	# upstream forgot to increment version
-	sed -i "s/2\.4\.1/${version}/" stl/__about__.py
 }
 pkg_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE