diff --git a/searchsploit b/searchsploit
index 0d3d55d0e..0eb1cf45b 100755
--- a/searchsploit
+++ b/searchsploit
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ function update() {
     package="${tmp_package[${i}]}"
 
     ## Update from the repos (e.g. Kali)
-    apt-cache search "${package}" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null       #dpkg -l "${package}" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
-    if [[ "$?" == "0" ]]; then
+    apt=$( apt-cache search "^${package}$" 2>/dev/null )        #dpkg -l "${package}" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
+    if [[ "$?" == "0" ]] && [[ "${apt}" != "" ]]; then
       updatedeb "${package}"
     else
       ## Update from homebrew (e.g. OSX)