diff --git a/srcpkgs/nodejs/template b/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
index 53c9039740b..529e9468992 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ short_desc="Evented I/O for V8 javascript"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://nodejs.org/"
-update_pattern='node-v\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar)'
 distfiles="${homepage}/dist/v${version}/node-v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=0043656bb1724cb09dbdc960a2fd6ee37d3badb2f9c75562b2d11235daa40a03
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nodejs/update b/srcpkgs/nodejs/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cfbbf5d8fb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/nodejs/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern='node-v\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar)'