diff --git a/packages/cppcheck/build.sh b/packages/cppcheck/build.sh
index de30169e6..1d19b8f70 100644
--- a/packages/cppcheck/build.sh
+++ b/packages/cppcheck/build.sh
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="tool for static C/C++ code analysis"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-3.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.6.1
+TERMUX_PKG_AUTOUPDATE=true
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/danmar/cppcheck/archive/$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION.tar.gz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=41700db44b349428d5602356b32183b7776380e7a5b0b82a2f2764fadadb015e