diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/pinegrow/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/pinegrow/default.nix
index a3454180b0e0..eca556fa86a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/pinegrow/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/pinegrow/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "pinegrow";
-  version = "6.6";
+  # deactivate auto update, because an old 6.21 version is getting mixed up
+  # see e.g. https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/184460
+  version = "6.6"; # nixpkgs-update: no auto update
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://download.pinegrow.com/PinegrowLinux64.${version}.zip";