diff --git a/srcpkgs/slurm/template b/srcpkgs/slurm/template
index 1ae89a48833..f03ed307cff 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/slurm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/slurm/template
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ short_desc="Yet another network load monitor"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="https://github.com/mattthias/slurm"
-update_pattern="upstream/\K[\d.]+\d"
 distfiles="https://github.com/mattthias/slurm/archive/upstream/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=8a28e11650928d87a907f9b154f6efd1ad5854cdc56a528da2e02e756e0aa58e
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/slurm/update b/srcpkgs/slurm/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cea7df6b2e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/slurm/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern="upstream/\K[\d.]+\d"