diff --git a/packages/codecrypt/build.sh b/packages/codecrypt/build.sh
index cf2bdf1901..db7ac38279 100644
--- a/packages/codecrypt/build.sh
+++ b/packages/codecrypt/build.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.8
 TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=9
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/exaexa/codecrypt/archive/v$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION.tar.gz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=25f11bc361b4f8aca7245698334b5715b7d594d708a75e8cdb2aa732dc46eb96
+TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE=true
+TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_TAG_TYPE="newest-tag"
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="cryptopp, fftw, libc++, libgmp"
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--with-cryptopp"