diff --git a/testing/cinny/APKBUILD b/testing/cinny/APKBUILD
index a919ad7537e..436c8389df8 100644
--- a/testing/cinny/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/cinny/APKBUILD
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Contributor: Ralf Rachinger <alpine@ralfrachinger.de>
 # Maintainer: Ralf Rachinger <alpine@ralfrachinger.de>
 pkgname=cinny
-# NOTE: also update the AppStream!
 pkgver=2.2.2
-pkgrel=0
+_releasedate="2022-09-28"
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Yet another matrix client"
 url="https://cinny.in"
 # limited by tauri platform support
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ makedepends="
 source="
 	cinny-$pkgver.zip::https://github.com/cinnyapp/cinny-desktop/releases/download/v$pkgver/cinny-desktop-v$pkgver.zip
 	0001-disable-tauri-updater.patch
-	in.cinny.Cinny.appdata.xml
+	in.cinny.Cinny.appdata.xml.in
 	in.cinny.Cinny.desktop
 "
 builddir="$srcdir/cinny-desktop"
@@ -60,7 +60,12 @@ package() {
 	install -Dm755 -t "$pkgdir"/usr/bin "$_rustdir"/target/release/cinny
 
 	install -Dm644 -t "$pkgdir"/usr/share/applications/ "$srcdir"/in.cinny.Cinny.desktop
-	install -Dm644 -t "$pkgdir"/usr/share/metainfo/ "$srcdir"/in.cinny.Cinny.appdata.xml
+
+	# Generate appdata file
+	mkdir -p "$pkgdir"/usr/share/metainfo/
+	export DATE="$_releasedate"
+	export VERSION="$pkgver-$pkgrel"
+	envsubst < "$srcdir"/in.cinny.Cinny.appdata.xml.in > "$pkgdir"/usr/share/metainfo/in.cinny.Cinny.appdata.xml
 
 	install -Dm644 "$_rustdir"/icons/32x32.png "$pkgdir"/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/cinny.png
 	install -Dm644 "$_rustdir"/icons/128x128.png "$pkgdir"/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/cinny.png
@@ -71,6 +76,6 @@ package() {
 sha512sums="
 186f64a021a958393837f6a3a3e9cd7396ee133ba26b961267d8090d71798cb82979c650374c59610f66b47f6de15b5c993871e1a0e49f7d2aa444ea0eca7f99  cinny-2.2.2.zip
 882fffa59d8cda7a8dcc424f02af46c2dec078c3484122e27646fa18501c529129c3b084227c59096bae738dec266a45388afcd080adf929ffb707168926ad36  0001-disable-tauri-updater.patch
-85a87828735c3b93379a1f6bd85f2a94bff7d09b6701872df10d39f204159c7dd4efe6c7009d49d006ddaf57e2514e93d0e3e3a509a5d96aa5a79ce62c08cba3  in.cinny.Cinny.appdata.xml
+215262a8ace51aa679398e0e6e849e853809938026665bfe9bf704cb49f9ee6d02c7bffdaf79296cef5c478006d12d95dcc6fb3fa2e178783cccee322e897b7a  in.cinny.Cinny.appdata.xml.in
 29b3afefa5af3b5463e8903802e7f4e0374b97c5c0b56fda920cdb6352cad95827621e1a7d51e86a82defab9852bda15e505e69b85eac653cd8aa2c4dd813029  in.cinny.Cinny.desktop
 "
diff --git a/testing/cinny/in.cinny.Cinny.appdata.xml b/testing/cinny/in.cinny.Cinny.appdata.xml.in
similarity index 93%
rename from testing/cinny/in.cinny.Cinny.appdata.xml
rename to testing/cinny/in.cinny.Cinny.appdata.xml.in
index 2b3e44ae94c..4bba817a3dc 100644
--- a/testing/cinny/in.cinny.Cinny.appdata.xml
+++ b/testing/cinny/in.cinny.Cinny.appdata.xml.in
@@ -53,9 +53,7 @@
   </provides>
 
   <releases>
-    <release version="2.2.2" date="2022-09-28" />
-    <release version="2.2.0" date="2022-09-17" />
-    <release version="2.1.3" date="2022-08-31" />
+    <release version="$VERSION" date="$DATE"/>
   </releases>
   <content_rating type="oars-1.1"/>
 </component>