diff --git a/atom-bin-autoupdate b/atom-bin-autoupdate
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29e4efb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atom-bin-autoupdate
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+VERSION=$1
+
+[ "$VERSION" ] || exit 1
+
+curl -L https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/v${VERSION}/atom-amd64.tar.gz -o atom-amd64-${VERSION}.tar.gz
diff --git a/atom-bin.spec b/atom-bin.spec
index b1cf98c..5c86822 100644
--- a/atom-bin.spec
+++ b/atom-bin.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:          atom-bin
 Epoch:         1
-Version:       1.37.0
+Version:       1.50.0
 Release:       1mamba
 Summary:       A text editor that's modern, approachable, yet hackable to the core (upstream binary distribution)
 Group:         Graphical Desktop/Applications/Utilities
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Packager:      Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
 URL:           https://atom.io/
 # NOTE: unversioned upstream archive, manually renamed
 Source:        https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/v%{version}/atom-amd64-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source1:       atom-bin-autoupdate
 License:       MIT
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
@@ -92,6 +93,9 @@ install -D -m0644 atom.png %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/pixmaps/atom-bin.png
 %doc LICENSE
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 18 2020 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 1.50.0-1mamba
+- update to 1.50.0
+
 * Tue May 21 2019 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 1.37.0-1mamba
 - update to 1.37.0