diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_check.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_check.sh
index ab866ae492..25289f8ef4 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_check.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_check.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ update_check() {
             *gitlab.com*)
                 gitlabname="$(printf %s "$url" | cut -d/ -f4,5)"
                 url="https://gitlab.com/$gitlabname/tags"
-                rx='href="/\Q'$gitlabname'\E/repository/[^\d\.]*\K[\d\.]+(?=/archive\.tar\.gz")';;
+                rx='/archive/[^/]+/\Q'"$pkgname"'\E-v?\K[\d\.]+(?=\.tar\.gz")';;
             *bitbucket.org*)
                 bbname="$(printf %s "$url" | cut -d/ -f4,5)"
                 url="https://bitbucket.org/$bbname/downloads"