diff --git a/srcpkgs/python/update b/srcpkgs/python/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d3e3aa88cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/"
+pattern='"\K2\.[\d.]+(?=/")'