diff --git a/pkgs/applications/system/systemdgenie/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/system/systemdgenie/default.nix
index dba5e019fda3..bb4b43072d40 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/system/systemdgenie/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/system/systemdgenie/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
   fetchFromGitLab,
   kdePackages,
   pkg-config,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "systemdgenie";
   version = "0.99.0-unstable-2025-10-11";
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     kdePackages.kxmlgui
   ];
 
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { extraArgs = [ "--version=branch" ]; };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Systemd management utility";
     mainProgram = "systemdgenie";