diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bu/buildstream/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bu/buildstream/package.nix
index 116e151c3b9b..134d77e4c660 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bu/buildstream/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bu/buildstream/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   python3Packages,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  nix-update-script,
+  gitUpdater,
 
   # buildInputs
   buildbox,
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
 
   versionCheckProgram = "${placeholder "out"}/bin/bst";
 
-  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {
+    ignoredVersions = "dev";
+  };
 
   meta = {
     description = "Powerful software integration tool";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/buildstream-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/buildstream-plugins/default.nix
index 201db0932bab..1159c4cafab5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/buildstream-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/buildstream-plugins/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  gitUpdater,
   setuptools,
   cython,
 }:
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "buildstream_plugins" ];
 
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {
+    ignoredVersions = "dev";
+  };
+
   meta = {
     description = "BuildStream plugins";
     homepage = "https://github.com/apache/buildstream-plugins";