diff --git a/contrib/aur/update-aur.sh b/contrib/aur/update-aur.sh
index 514b29cd5..a84f32747 100755
--- a/contrib/aur/update-aur.sh
+++ b/contrib/aur/update-aur.sh
@@ -1,84 +1,84 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 export LC_ALL=C
 
 set -euxo pipefail
 
 if [ $# -lt 1 ] || [ $# -gt 2 ]
 then
   echo "Invalid arguments"
   echo "USAGE: $0 package [commit message]"
   exit 1
 fi
 
 # The nobody user is a default on Archlinux. It has no login and no home
 # directory, its main use is for running unprivileged commands in scripts, which
 # is exactly what we need for running makepkg which can't run as root.
 run_as_nobody() {
   su -l nobody -s /bin/bash -c "cd ${PWD} && $1"
 }
 
 PACKAGE="$1"
 
 # Give write permission to the nobody user
 # This is required as makepkg cannot be run as root
 chmod -R o+w "${PACKAGE}"
 pushd "${PACKAGE}"
 
 # Get the data from the PKGBUILD
 # shellcheck source=bitcoin-abc/PKGBUILD
 source PKGBUILD
 
 # Install the dependencies
 pacman -S --needed --noconfirm "${depends[@]}" "${makedepends[@]}"
 
 # Copy the common files
 for f in "${source[@]}"
 do
   if [ -f "../common/$f" ]
   then
     cp "../common/$f" .
   fi
 done
 
 # Add the checksums to the PKGBUILD. Enforce SHA256.
-echo "sha256sums=()" >> PKGBUILD
+echo "sha256sums=('f00')" >> PKGBUILD
 run_as_nobody "updpkgsums PKGBUILD"
 
 # Generate the .SRCINFO
 run_as_nobody "makepkg --printsrcinfo > .SRCINFO"
 
 popd
 
 # Clone the upstream repository
 git clone "https://aur.archlinux.org/${PACKAGE}.git" "${PACKAGE}-upstream"
 
 # Copy our modified files to the upstream repository
-cp -R "${PACKAGE}"/* "${PACKAGE}-upstream"
+cp -R "${PACKAGE}/." "${PACKAGE}-upstream"
 
 # Give write permission to the nobody user
 # This is required as makepkg cannot be run as root
 chmod -R o+w "${PACKAGE}-upstream"
 pushd "${PACKAGE}-upstream"
 
 # The package is ready, let's check it works
 run_as_nobody "makepkg --clean"
 
 # Cleanup the output files from the build
 git clean -xffd
 
 # If no commit message is passed fallback to default
 if [ $# -eq 2 ]
 then
   COMMIT_MESSAGE="$2"
 else
   COMMIT_MESSAGE="Update to version ${pkgver} release ${pkgrel}"
 fi
 
 # Commit the version change
 git commit -a -m "${COMMIT_MESSAGE}"
 
 # Push the changes upstream
 git push origin master
 
 popd