diff --git a/recipes-support/foot/foot/0001-generate-version.sh-dont-try-to-fetch-version-from-g.patch b/recipes-support/foot/foot/0001-generate-version.sh-dont-try-to-fetch-version-from-g.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a24fda8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-support/foot/foot/0001-generate-version.sh-dont-try-to-fetch-version-from-g.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+From bd6828df037d588c60a30f21fdb83780e8ad0966 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Markus Volk <f_l_k@t-online.de>
+Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 13:41:21 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] generate-version.sh: dont try to fetch version from git
+
+---
+ generate-version.sh | 21 ++-------------------
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/generate-version.sh b/generate-version.sh
+index a030d512..5114abe0 100755
+--- a/generate-version.sh
++++ b/generate-version.sh
+@@ -15,25 +15,8 @@ out_file=${3}
+ # echo "source directory: ${src_dir}"
+ # echo "output file:      ${out_file}"
+ 
+-if [ -d "${src_dir}/.git" ] && command -v git > /dev/null; then
+-    workdir=$(pwd)
+-    cd "${src_dir}"
+-
+-    if git describe --tags  > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+-        git_version=$(git describe --always --tags)
+-    else
+-        # No tags available, happens in e.g. CI builds
+-        git_version="${default_version}"
+-    fi
+-
+-    git_branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+-    cd "${workdir}"
+-
+-    new_version="${git_version} ($(date "+%b %d %Y"), branch '${git_branch}')"
+-else
+-    new_version="${default_version}"
+-    extra=""
+-fi
++new_version="${default_version}"
++extra=""
+ 
+ major=$(echo "${new_version}" | sed -r 's/([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+).*/\1/')
+ minor=$(echo "${new_version}" | sed -r 's/([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+).*/\2/')
+-- 
+2.25.1
+
diff --git a/recipes-support/foot/foot_git.bb b/recipes-support/foot/foot_git.bb
index 041e742..8d69931 100644
--- a/recipes-support/foot/foot_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-support/foot/foot_git.bb
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ DEPENDS = " \
 RRECOMMENDS:${PN} = "ncurses-terminfo xdg-utils"
 
 SRC_URI = " \
-	git://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot.git;protocol=https;branch=master \
+	git://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot.git;protocol=https;branch=releases/1.11 \
+	file://0001-generate-version.sh-dont-try-to-fetch-version-from-g.patch \
 "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"