diff --git a/srcpkgs/vscode/template b/srcpkgs/vscode/template
index 0b9efda224..3e3956fa56 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vscode/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vscode/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'vscode'
 pkgname=vscode
-version=1.66.0
+version=1.66.1
 revision=1
 _electronver=13.6.7
 _npmver=8.6.0
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ short_desc="Microsoft Code for Linux"
 maintainer="shizonic <realtiaz@gmail.com>, Alex Lohr <alex.lohr@logmein.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://code.visualstudio.com/"
-distfiles="https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=1c93918ebd00b8e9fc0d8fea13cbe2947f5b83d2d8f5c8d1b00bde885bb925d7
+distfiles="https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/archive/refs/tags/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=243a25d7214ceba5abf510dc890c64a8cc36ccacd97f4b8c666b8b7bab9c5a28
 nocross=yes # x64 build does not cut it, it contains native code
 
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE" = "32" ]; then
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ do_configure() {
 }
 
 do_build() {
+	# Update to a more recent npm version to fix some issues
+	npm install -g npm@${_npmver}
+
 	# The default memory limit may be too low for current versions of node
 	# to successfully build vscode.  This sets it to 4GB, but
 	# change this number if it still doesn't work for your system.
@@ -48,8 +51,7 @@ do_build() {
 	--target=$_electronver \
 	--tarball=/usr/include/electron${_electronver%%.*}/node_headers.tar.gz
 
-	npm install -g npm@${_npmver} && \
-		yarn install --ignore-engines --arch=x64
+	yarn install --ignore-engines --arch=x64
 
 	export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I/usr/include/node"
 	yarn run gulp vscode-linux-x64-min