diff --git a/.forgejo/bin/check_ver.sh b/.forgejo/bin/check_ver.sh
index 6403e54..33a09e8 100755
--- a/.forgejo/bin/check_ver.sh
+++ b/.forgejo/bin/check_ver.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ for pkg in $owned_by_you; do
 	downstream_version=$(sed -n "/^P:$pkg$/,/^$/p" APKINDEX | awk -F ':' '{if($1=="V"){print $2}}' | sort -V | tail -n 1)
 	downstream_version=${downstream_version/-*}
 
+	# special case for freetube
+	if [ "$pkg" = "freetube" ]; then
+		upstream_version=$(curl --fail -X GET -sS -H 'Content-Type: application/json' "https://release-monitoring.org/api/v2/packages/?name=$pkg&distribution=Alpine" | jq -r '.items.[].version' | sed "s|-beta||")
+	fi
+
 	if [ -z "$upstream_version" ]; then
 		echo "$pkg not in anitya"
 		echo "$pkg" >> not_in_anitya