diff --git a/srcpkgs/task/template b/srcpkgs/task/template
index 3f63c757d82..241cff4552a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/task/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/task/template
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ build_style="cmake"
 maintainer="Philipp Hirsch <itself@hanspolo.net>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://taskwarrior.org/projects/taskwarrior"
+update_ignore="*beta*"
 distfiles="http://www.taskwarrior.org/download/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=2b9a289109e691e305b84631622299853134cf195d4c9af962759b640176ac73
 short_desc="a command-line todo list manager"