diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_check.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_check.sh
index 1f0ed7b1fe4..7348260f54a 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_check.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/update_check.sh
@@ -123,7 +123,10 @@ update_check() {
                 url="https://github.com/$pkgurlname/tags"
                 rx='/archive/refs/tags/(v?|\Q'"$pkgname"'\E-)?\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar\.gz")';;
             *//gitlab.*)
-                pkgurlname="$(printf %s "$url" | sed 's%/-/*%%g')"
+                case "$url" in
+                    */-/*) pkgurlname="$(printf %s "$url" | sed -e 's%/-/.*%%g; s%/$%%')";;
+                    *) pkgurlname="$(printf %s "$url" | cut -d / -f 1-5)";;
+                esac
                 url="$pkgurlname/tags"
                 rx='/archive/[^/]+/\Q'"$pkgname"'\E-v?\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar\.gz")';;
             *bitbucket.org*)