diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/wat-mode/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/wat-mode/default.nix
index 4f5ff8535bdb..e4bb260d14b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/wat-mode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/wat-mode/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-# Manually packaged until it is upstreamed to melpa
-# See https://github.com/devonsparks/wat-mode/issues/1
 {
   lib,
   melpaBuild,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
 }:
 
 melpaBuild {
@@ -17,6 +16,8 @@ melpaBuild {
     hash = "sha256-jV5V3TRY+D3cPSz3yFwVWn9yInhGOYIaUTPEhsOBxto=";
   };
 
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { hardcodeZeroVersion = true; };
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/devonsparks/wat-mode";
     description = "Emacs major mode for WebAssembly's text format";