diff --git a/srcpkgs/nano/template b/srcpkgs/nano/template
index fdbb04a4a56..085633ba20c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nano/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nano/template
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.nano-editor.org/"
 license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.3/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+update_ignore="*pre*"
 checksum=a74bf3f18b12c1c777ae737c0e463152439e381aba8720b4bc67449f36a09534