diff --git a/packages/spark/build.sh b/packages/spark/build.sh
index 9863ef70e..77471e489 100644
--- a/packages/spark/build.sh
+++ b/packages/spark/build.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.0.1
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=$TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE/archive/v$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION.tar.gz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=a81c1bc538ce8e011f62264fe6f33d28042ff431b510a6359040dc77403ebab6
 TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE=true
+TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_TAG_TYPE="newest-tag"
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS=bash
 TERMUX_PKG_PLATFORM_INDEPENDENT=true