diff --git a/gst-plugins-base/trunk/PKGBUILD b/gst-plugins-base/trunk/PKGBUILD
index de62a40dabe..a7e67d7ff7f 100644
--- a/gst-plugins-base/trunk/PKGBUILD
+++ b/gst-plugins-base/trunk/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,32 +4,28 @@
 pkgbase=gst-plugins-base
 pkgname=(gst-plugins-base-libs gst-plugins-base)
 pkgver=1.18.0
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="Multimedia graph framework - base plugins"
 url="https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/"
 arch=(x86_64)
 license=(LGPL)
 depends=(gstreamer orc libxv iso-codes libgudev mesa)
 makedepends=(alsa-lib cdparanoia libvisual libvorbis libtheora pango opus
-             graphene libpng libjpeg gobject-introspection git meson
+             graphene libpng libjpeg gobject-introspection meson
              gtk3 qt5-{base,tools,x11extras} clutter sdl2 glu)
 checkdepends=(xorg-server-xvfb)
 options=(!emptydirs)
-_commit=f21623c1f60949ed6a77e2c2c3857be942cd2db5  # tags/1.18.0^0
-source=("git+https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base.git#commit=$_commit")
-sha256sums=('SKIP')
-
-pkgver() {
-  cd $pkgbase
-  git describe --tags | sed 's/-/+/g'
-}
+source=(https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/${pkgbase}/${pkgbase}-${pkgver}.tar.xz{,.asc})
+validpgpkeys=(D637032E45B8C6585B9456565D2EEE6F6F349D7C) # Tim Müller <tim@gstreamer-foundation.org>
+sha256sums=('762abdd1a950809a1cea62fff7f86b5f7d6bd5f6841e3e585c700b823cdb7897'
+            'SKIP')
 
 prepare() {
-  cd $pkgbase
+  cd $pkgbase-$pkgver
 }
 
 build() {
-  arch-meson $pkgbase build \
+  arch-meson $pkgbase-$pkgver build \
     -D doc=disabled \
     -D tremor=disabled \
     -D gobject-cast-checks=disabled \