diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/am/amp-cli/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/am/amp-cli/package.nix
index d8262acb5f0b..e01808d83232 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/am/amp-cli/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/am/amp-cli/package.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ buildNpmPackage (finalAttrs: {
 
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/amp \
-      --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ ripgrep ]}
+      --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ ripgrep ]} \
+      --set AMP_SKIP_UPDATE_CHECK 1
   '';
 
   passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;