diff --git a/srcpkgs/cowsay/template b/srcpkgs/cowsay/template
index 291dec5946e47c..b6467d6c961a9c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cowsay/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cowsay/template
@@ -1,24 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'cowsay'
 pkgname=cowsay
-version=3.04
-revision=4
+version=3.8.4
+revision=1
 depends="perl"
 short_desc="Configurable speaking/thinking cow (and a bit more)"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
-license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
-homepage="https://github.com/tnalpgge/rank-amateur-cowsay"
-distfiles="https://github.com/tnalpgge/rank-amateur-cowsay/archive/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=d8b871332cfc1f0b6c16832ecca413ca0ac14d58626491a6733829e3d655878b
-
-post_extract() {
-	sed -i -e 's,%BANGPERL%,!/usr/bin/perl,g' -e 's,%PREFIX%,/usr,g' \
-		cowsay cowsay.1
-}
+license="GPL-1.0-or-later OR Artistic-1.0-Perl"
+homepage="https://cowsay.diamonds"
+distfiles="https://github.com/cowsay-org/cowsay/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=c15bc10712835d3a9bcda780dc9453362567bf48d1185905dc7ef2334d79aadd
 
 do_install() {
-	vbin cowsay
-	ln -s cowsay ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/cowthink
-	vman cowsay.1
-	vcopy cows usr/share
-	rm "${DESTDIR}"/usr/share/cows/{sodomized,telebears}.cow
+	make install DESTDIR="$DESTDIR" prefix=/usr
 }