diff --git a/testing/yaml-language-server/APKBUILD b/testing/yaml-language-server/APKBUILD
index e20ea8a61aa..ecc99191e97 100644
--- a/testing/yaml-language-server/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/yaml-language-server/APKBUILD
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 # Maintainer: Lauri Tirkkonen <lauri@hacktheplanet.fi>
 pkgname=yaml-language-server
 pkgver=1.19.0
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
+# upstream pulled the 1.19.0 tag from github, so use a commit source until the
+# next release
+_commit=27a12309b9fe84c5e124b04dbc306c53268f3db7
 pkgdesc="Language Server for YAML Files"
 url="https://github.com/redhat-developer/yaml-language-server"
 arch="noarch"
 license="MIT"
 depends="nodejs"
 makedepends="yarn esbuild jq"
-source="https://github.com/redhat-developer/yaml-language-server/archive/refs/tags/$pkgver/yaml-language-server-$pkgver.tar.gz
+source="yaml-language-server-$_commit.tar.gz::https://github.com/redhat-developer/yaml-language-server/archive/$_commit.tar.gz
 yaml-language-server
 b707580afd61837d19fb8f896a9ea4a3c596ad34.patch
 "
+builddir="$srcdir/yaml-language-server-$_commit"
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc"
 
 _get_yarn_deps() {
@@ -57,7 +61,7 @@ package() {
 	install -Dm0644 LICENSE "$pkgdir"/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE
 }
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+e5b4bbbf3064dad3253f843e4e6fa5952c7234d3c6036c80cfac5511c6c388ea1409a19982831439af5aa55ddb3f24a1f0c5b9b1da51be112668642eb21a8442  yaml-language-server-27a12309b9fe84c5e124b04dbc306c53268f3db7.tar.gz
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 "