diff --git a/science/netcdf-fortran/Portfile b/science/netcdf-fortran/Portfile
index 41b4ec70bd639..ea96d70a71fbd 100644
--- a/science/netcdf-fortran/Portfile
+++ b/science/netcdf-fortran/Portfile
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ mpi.setup           require_fortran
 depends_lib         port:netcdf
 depends_run-append  port:m4
 
+github.livecheck.regex  {([^"rba]+)}
+
 # Fortran compilers can not cross-compile
 if {${os.arch} eq "i386"} {
     set universal_archs_supported "i386 x86_64"