diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/go/golink/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/go/golink/package.nix
index 2ae8a78b0334..526cde434ce7 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/go/golink/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/go/golink/package.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 {
-  git,
   lib,
   buildGoModule,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
 }:
 
-buildGoModule rec {
+buildGoModule {
   pname = "golink";
-  version = "1.0.0";
+  version = "1.0.0-unstable-2026-07-03";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "tailscale";
     repo = "golink";
-    tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-cIml0ewF5j2cQySLHkMmV1rl7cVH8wuoPFeFDCARi1A=";
+    rev = "30223ca66c2dad29356b6266254e1bf4af921f28";
+    hash = "sha256-hp886p94NHA8u3021horHFf6tGa8x8gWdeNA1XnQZ6E=";
   };
 
-  vendorHash = "sha256-QIAkmqXWH3X2dIoWyVcqFXVHBwzyv1dNPfdkzD5LuSE=";
+  vendorHash = "sha256-7Ykb2YPrHwwBrWuufFwGTT9mQFzIRkiBiNlLvqpr+wo=";
 
   overrideModAttrs = old: {
     # netdb.go allows /etc/protocols and /etc/services to not exist and happily proceeds, but it panic()s if they exist but return permission denied.
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     "-w"
   ];
 
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Private shortlink service for tailnets";
     homepage = "https://github.com/tailscale/golink";