diff --git a/packages/uthash/build.sh b/packages/uthash/build.sh
index aa131f19d7..9ba206e60e 100644
--- a/packages/uthash/build.sh
+++ b/packages/uthash/build.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.3.0
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/troydhanson/uthash/archive/v$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION.tar.gz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=e10382ab75518bad8319eb922ad04f907cb20cccb451a3aa980c9d005e661acc
+TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE=true
+TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_TAG_TYPE="newest-tag"
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
 TERMUX_PKG_PLATFORM_INDEPENDENT=true