diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_check.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_check.sh
index 85e419cb81a..c5a9f745ba4 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_check.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_check.sh
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ update_check() {
                 rx='/archive/(v?|\Q'"$pkgname"'\E-)?\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar\.gz")';;
             *git.sr.ht*)
                 pkgurlname="$(printf %s "$url" | cut -d/ -f4,5)"
-                url="https://git.sr.ht/$pkgurlname/refs"
-                rx='/archive/(v?|\Q'"$pkgname"'\E-)?\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar\.gz")';;
+                url="https://git.sr.ht/$pkgurlname/refs/rss.xml"
+                rx='<guid>\Q'"${url%/*}"'\E/(v-?|\Q'"$pkgname"'\E-)?\K[\d.]+(?=</guid>)' ;;
             *pkgs.fedoraproject.org*)
                 url="https://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/$pkgname" ;;
             esac