diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/rustic-rs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/rustic-rs/default.nix
index 5487a2641750..91d25cbb9859 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/backup/rustic-rs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/backup/rustic-rs/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform, stdenv, Security, installShellFiles }:
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform, stdenv, Security, installShellFiles, nix-update-script }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "rustic-rs";
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "rustic-rs";
     repo = "rustic";
-    rev = "v${version}";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
     hash = "sha256-r4hOjX/LKv2wX720FMEztUo9rf2hDBLfcHtENSZNA3U=";
   };
 
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     installShellCompletion rustic.{ba,fi}sh
   '';
 
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/rustic-rs/rustic";
     changelog = "https://github.com/rustic-rs/rustic/blob/${src.rev}/changelog/${version}.txt";