diff --git a/srcpkgs/wireshark/template b/srcpkgs/wireshark/template
index a2fc508eca9..7134237fb82 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wireshark/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wireshark/template
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ short_desc="A network protocol analyzer"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
 homepage="http://www.wireshark.org"
 license="GPL-2"
+update_ignore="*.?[13579].*"
 distfiles="http://www.wireshark.org/download/src/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=30ae16b408a592642ce3a84dd9877d24df7a6dae8da4847486965190039df292
 system_groups="wireshark"