diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nvchecker/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nvchecker/default.nix
index 449873b36d06..7356b900ff19 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nvchecker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nvchecker/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   docutils,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  nix-update-script,
   flaky,
   installShellFiles,
   pycurl,
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "nvchecker";
-  version = "2.17";
+  version = "2.18";
   pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "lilydjwg";
     repo = "nvchecker";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-jA41WoD0WXdb8CM9dUchIAhYd4GoUA9zLYbkaPIScLg=";
+    hash = "sha256-6uFox07mZeKwyhRXGuU8dMoPhLB5CkgdLaWCfG2dy4k=";
   };
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
@@ -77,11 +78,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     htmlparser = [ lxml ];
   };
 
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
   meta = {
     description = "New version checker for software";
     homepage = "https://github.com/lilydjwg/nvchecker";
     changelog = "https://github.com/lilydjwg/nvchecker/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ ];
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.mdaniels5757 ];
   };
 }