diff --git a/srcpkgs/scantailor/template b/srcpkgs/scantailor/template
index d3a19049a8d..d5f71d0cfec 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/scantailor/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/scantailor/template
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'scantailor'
 pkgname=scantailor
-version=0.9.11.1.20160227
+version=0.9.12
 revision=1
-_version=${version%.*}
-wrksrc=${pkgname}-RELEASE_${_version//./_}
+wrksrc=${pkgname}-RELEASE_${version//./_}
 build_style=cmake
 #configure_args="-DPTHREADS_CFLAGS=-pthread -DPTHREADS_LIBS=-pthread"
 hostmakedepends="cmake qt-devel qt-qmake pkg-config"
@@ -12,8 +11,8 @@ short_desc="Interactive post-processing for scans"
 maintainer="Jürgen Buchmüller <pullmoll@t-online.de>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://scantailor.org/"
-distfiles="http://github.com/${pkgname}/${pkgname}/archive/RELEASE_${_version//./_}.tar.gz"
-checksum=1555e604eb648e47e03a28484ca9e840dec5c1e3be8ea5503d616424c4f306fc
+distfiles="http://github.com/${pkgname}/${pkgname}/archive/RELEASE_${version//./_}.tar.gz"
+checksum=184991f1580ba0532674bb9afa1f368d5e53fb7581ab1a3c2d7067f8eaa9d38f
 
 CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/scantailor/update b/srcpkgs/scantailor/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e7abd4e82b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/scantailor/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site=https://github.com/scantailor/scantailor/releases
+pattern='RELEASE_.*">\K[\d.]+'