diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/upstream-updater/snippets.sh b/pkgs/build-support/upstream-updater/snippets.sh
index dad25384568a..2c06696c928f 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/upstream-updater/snippets.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/upstream-updater/snippets.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #http://downloads.sourceforge.net/webdruid/files/webdruid/0.6.0-alpha5/webdruid-0.6.0-alpha5.tar.gz
 skipRedirectSF='s@sourceforge.net/projects@downloads.sourceforge.net/project@; s@/files@@; s@/download$@@;'
 extractReleaseSF='s@.*/([^/]+)/[^/]+@\1@'
+extractVersionSF='s@.*/[^/0-9]*([0-9].*)[.](tar|tgz|tbz2|zip).*@\1@'
 apacheMirror='s@http://www.apache.org/dist/@mirror://apache/@'
 skipRedirectApache='s@/dyn/closer.cgi[?]path=@/dist@'
 
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/upstream-updater/update-upstream-data.sh b/pkgs/build-support/upstream-updater/update-upstream-data.sh
index ac23029bc738..fc44264d9f62 100755
--- a/pkgs/build-support/upstream-updater/update-upstream-data.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/upstream-updater/update-upstream-data.sh
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ prefetchClause=""
     echo "Sourceforge-corrected URL: $freshUrl" >&2
     
     version="$(echo "$freshUrl" | 
-      sed -re "$extractReleaseSF")"
-    baseName="$(getAttr baseName "$(echo "$freshUrl" | sed -re 's@.*/projects/([^/]+)/.*@\1@')")"
+      sed -re "$extractVersionSF")"
+    baseName="$(getAttr baseName "$(echo "$freshUrl" | sed -re 's@.*/project/([^/]+)/.*@\1@')")"
     url="$freshUrl"
     name="$baseName-$version"
     advertisedUrl="$freshUrl"