diff --git a/core/binutils/.SRCINFO b/core/binutils/.SRCINFO
index 9a93439be..b41659b2f 100644
--- a/core/binutils/.SRCINFO
+++ b/core/binutils/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pkgbase = binutils
 	pkgdesc = A set of programs to assemble and manipulate binary and object files
-	pkgver = 2.42
-	pkgrel = 3
+	pkgver = 2.42+r91+g6224493e457
+	pkgrel = 1
 	url = https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/
 	arch = x86_64
 	license = GPL-2.0-or-later
diff --git a/core/binutils/PKGBUILD b/core/binutils/PKGBUILD
index 913a744ea..4a1015494 100644
--- a/core/binutils/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/binutils/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 noautobuild=1
 
 pkgname=binutils
-pkgver=2.42
+pkgver=2.42+r91+g6224493e457
 _commit=6224493e457e72b11818c87cdc112bdb0fee5f81
-pkgrel=3
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='A set of programs to assemble and manipulate binary and object files'
 arch=(x86_64)
 url='https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/'
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ sha256sums=('a36780f5918bf383520f44374b2daa2bc737f55aa2601458b9b35d576b4aa7df'
             '2d430b66f84a19c154725ec535280c493be1d34f1a90f95208dce02fecd0e4e4')
 validpgpkeys=(3A24BC1E8FB409FA9F14371813FCEF89DD9E3C4F)
 
+pkgver() {
+  cd binutils-gdb
+  git describe --tags | sed 's/[^-]*-//;s/[^-]*-/&r/;s/-/+/g;s/_/./'
+}
+
 prepare() {
   [[ ! -d binutils-gdb ]] && ln -s binutils-${pkgver} binutils-gdb
   mkdir -p binutils-build