diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dendrite/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/dendrite/default.nix
index 935955e7bc44..ddffa995b5cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/dendrite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dendrite/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, nix-update-script
 , nixosTests, postgresql, postgresqlTestHook }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   passthru.tests = {
     inherit (nixosTests) dendrite;
   };
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script {
+    extraArgs = [ "--version-regex" "v(.+)" ];
+  };
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://matrix-org.github.io/dendrite";