diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/htseq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/htseq/default.nix
index 1e95f31739b8..6e36c7dd53de 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/htseq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/htseq/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   python,
   isPy27,
   isPy3k,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "0.12.4";
@@ -37,6 +38,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       ${python.interpreter} python3/test/test_general.py
     '';
 
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script {
+    extraArgs = [
+      "--version-regex"
+      "release_(.+)"
+    ];
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://htseq.readthedocs.io/";
     description = "A framework to work with high-throughput sequencing data";