diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ve/venera/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ve/venera/package.nix
index e2c93b092fd0..e82ac37b8e9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ve/venera/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ve/venera/package.nix
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ flutter327.buildFlutterApplication rec {
     install -Dm0644 ./debian/gui/venera.png $out/share/pixmaps/venera.png
   '';
 
+  passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;
+
   meta = {
     description = "Comic reader that support reading local and network comics";
     homepage = "https://github.com/venera-app/venera";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ve/venera/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/ve/venera/update.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..b44451a186e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ve/venera/update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -I nixpkgs=./. -i bash -p curl gnused jq yq nixVersions.latest bash coreutils nix-update
+
+set -eou pipefail
+
+ROOT="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
+
+latestTag=$(curl ${GITHUB_TOKEN:+-u ":$GITHUB_TOKEN"} -sL https://api.github.com/repos/venera-app/venera/releases/latest | jq --raw-output .tag_name)
+latestVersion=$(echo "$latestTag" | sed 's/^v//')
+
+currentVersion=$(nix-instantiate --eval -E "with import ./. {}; venera.version or (lib.getVersion venera)" | tr -d '"')
+
+if [[ "$currentVersion" == "$latestVersion" ]]; then
+    echo "package is up-to-date: $currentVersion"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+nix-update venera
+
+curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/venera-app/venera/${latestTag}/pubspec.lock | yq . >$ROOT/pubspec.lock.json