diff --git a/xap/alacritty/SlackBuild b/xap/alacritty/SlackBuild
index 1c4599db..0c872b86 100755
--- a/xap/alacritty/SlackBuild
+++ b/xap/alacritty/SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # variables
 GITHUB_REPO=jwilm/alacritty
-VERSION=${VERSION:-latest}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-trunk}       # 'latest' will not select the actual latest tag
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 
 TAG=gwh