diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/am/amdvlk/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/am/amdvlk/package.nix
index f002e8450277..9415fd3d1985 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/am/amdvlk/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/am/amdvlk/package.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   callPackage,
   lib,
   fetchRepoProject,
-  writeScript,
+  nix-update-script,
   cmake,
   directx-shader-compiler,
   glslang,
@@ -102,23 +102,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   # Keep the rpath, otherwise vulkaninfo and vkcube segfault
   dontPatchELF = true;
 
-  passthru.updateScript = writeScript "update.sh" ''
-    #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-    #!nix-shell -i bash -p coreutils curl gnused jq common-updater-scripts
-
-    packagePath="pkgs/by-name/am/amdvlk/package.nix"
-
-    function setHash() {
-      sed -i $packagePath -e 's,sha256 = "[^'"'"'"]*",sha256 = "'"$1"'",'
-    }
-
-    version="$(curl -sL "https://api.github.com/repos/GPUOpen-Drivers/AMDVLK/releases?per_page=1" | jq '.[0].tag_name | split("-") | .[1]' --raw-output)"
-    sed -i $packagePath -e 's/version = "[^'"'"'"]*"/version = "'"$version"'"/'
-
-    setHash "$(nix-instantiate --eval -A lib.fakeSha256 | xargs echo)"
-    hash="$(nix to-base64 $(nix-build -A amdvlk 2>&1 | tail -n3 | grep 'got:' | cut -d: -f2- | xargs echo || true))"
-    setHash "$hash"
-  '';
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script {
+    extraArgs = [
+      "--url"
+      "https://github.com/GPUOpen-Drivers/AMDVLK"
+      "--version-regex"
+      "v-(.*)"
+    ];
+  };
 
   passthru.impureTests = {
     amdvlk = callPackage ./test.nix { };