diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpng/template b/srcpkgs/libpng/template
index 8c2b7605b9..d869670433 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libpng/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libpng/template
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ short_desc="Library for manipulating PNG images"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html"
 license="zlib"
+update_ignore="*beta*"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=968443a5505815a2a9fbfba87584e4237f8255cfa7b33a18484462db13e4b444