diff --git a/srcpkgs/dockstar-uboot/template b/srcpkgs/dockstar-uboot/template
index 98316263bd6..1a6af368db4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dockstar-uboot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dockstar-uboot/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'kirkwood-uboot'
 pkgname=dockstar-uboot
-version=2014.04.R4
+version=4
 revision=1
 wrksrc="u-boot-${version##*.}"
 only_for_archs="armv5tel"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ short_desc="(archlinuxarm) u-boot compiled for dockstar"
 maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <miwaxe@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="https://github.com/archlinuxarm/u-boot"
-distfiles="https://github.com/archlinuxarm/u-boot/archive/${version##*.}.tar.gz http://archlinuxarm.org/os/armv5te/boot/dockstar/uboot-dockstar.env"
+distfiles="https://github.com/archlinuxarm/u-boot/archive/R$version.tar.gz http://archlinuxarm.org/os/armv5te/boot/dockstar/uboot-dockstar.env"
 checksum="22492ec730f0e91e4f732d8793cea39fb5945386eb46e86f3d8446978361c551 ec6522fdb74a41bc2b6f301729c421c9600be1a479bf7932405b39d2f459ada7"
 skip_extraction="uboot-dockstar.env"
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dockstar-uboot/update b/srcpkgs/dockstar-uboot/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bda11b31f07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/dockstar-uboot/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="https://api.github.com/repos/archlinuxarm/u-boot/tags"
+pattern='"name":\s*"\K[^\d]*([\d\.]+)(?=")'