diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-Pygments/template b/srcpkgs/python-Pygments/template
index 8bc0360ed03..201a06e46ba 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-Pygments/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-Pygments/template
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ short_desc="Python2 syntax highlighter"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://pygments.org/"
 license="BSD"
+update_ignore="*rc*"
 distfiles="http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/P/Pygments/Pygments-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=799ed4caf77516e54440806d8d9cd82a7607dfdf4e4fb643815171a4b5c921c0