diff --git a/gnu/packages/syndication.scm b/gnu/packages/syndication.scm
index c3c5c243eb..421751bed2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/syndication.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/syndication.scm
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ (define-public newsboat
 Newsboat supports OPML import/exports, HTML rendering, podcasts (with
 @command{podboat}), off-line reading, searching and storing articles to your
 file system, and many more features.")
+    (properties '((release-monitoring-url . "https://newsboat.org/news.atom")))
     (license (list license:gpl2+        ; filter/*
                    license:expat))))    ; everything else