diff --git a/packages/gpsbabel/build.sh b/packages/gpsbabel/build.sh
index 073e094b84..9806dd11b7 100644
--- a/packages/gpsbabel/build.sh
+++ b/packages/gpsbabel/build.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.4.4
 TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=2
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/gpsbabel/gpsbabel/archive/gpsbabel_${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION//./_}.tar.gz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=22860e913f093aa9124e295d52d1d4ae1afccaa67ed6bed6f1f8d8b0a45336d1
+TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE=true
+TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_METHOD=repology
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libexpat"
 
 termux_step_post_get_source() {