diff --git a/srcpkgs/nodejs/template b/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
index 5955c32c96..e726634ec1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ short_desc="Evented I/O for V8 javascript"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://nodejs.org/"
+update_pattern='v\K[\d.]{2,}'
 distfiles="${homepage}/dist/v${version}/node-v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=75dc26c33144e6d0dc91cb0d68aaf0570ed0a7e4b0c35f3a7a726b500edd081e