diff --git a/srcpkgs/scdoc/template b/srcpkgs/scdoc/template
index 549ed831450..e02a1ca89f9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/scdoc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/scdoc/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'scdoc'
 pkgname=scdoc
-version=1.5.2
+version=1.6.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 short_desc="Tool for generating roff manual pages"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ maintainer="Julio Galvan <juliogalvan@protonmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/scdoc"
 distfiles="https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/scdoc/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=86591de3741bea5443e7fbc11ff9dc22da90621105b06be524422efd5dec3a29
+checksum=a396bc070c8734d7cafe3a3481c8cffacd83b3effdeb28de43e2cdac889643b1
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" scdoc"
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ pre_build() {
 		sed -i "s|^HOST_SCDOC=.*|HOST_SCDOC=/usr/bin/scdoc|g" Makefile
 	fi
 	sed -i "s/\" VERSION \"/ ${version}/g" src/main.c
+	# 1.6.0 use glibc extensions to parse that
+	unset SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
 }
 
 post_install() {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/scdoc/update b/srcpkgs/scdoc/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f8c8c99d68c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/scdoc/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="https://git.sr.ht/%7Esircmpwn/scdoc/refs"
+pattern="scdoc/refs/\K[.\d]+(?=\")"