diff --git a/srcpkgs/yaml-cpp/template b/srcpkgs/yaml-cpp/template
index 449c33951b..ca4ca16981 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/yaml-cpp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/yaml-cpp/template
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'yaml-cpp'
 pkgname=yaml-cpp
-version=0.5.3
-revision=3
-wrksrc=${pkgname}-release-${version}
+version=0.6.2
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-${pkgname}-${version}"
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DYAML_CPP_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF"
-makedepends="boost-devel"
 short_desc="A YAML parser and emitter in C++"
 maintainer="Duncaen <duncaen@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp"
-distfiles="https://github.com/jbeder/${pkgname}/archive/release-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=3492d9c1f4319dfd5588f60caed7cec3f030f7984386c11ed4b39f8e3316d763
+distfiles="https://github.com/jbeder/${pkgname}/archive/yaml-cpp-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=e4d8560e163c3d875fd5d9e5542b5fd5bec810febdcba61481fe5fc4e6b1fd05
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
diff --git a/srcpkgs/yaml-cpp/update b/srcpkgs/yaml-cpp/update
deleted file mode 100644
index b616820e88..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/yaml-cpp/update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-pattern='release-\K[\d.]+'