diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ra/ranger/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ra/ranger/package.nix
index 5017bbd26ac2..ea93a73c13e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ra/ranger/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ra/ranger/package.nix
@@ -12,18 +12,18 @@
   neoVimSupport ? true,
   improvedEncodingDetection ? true,
   rightToLeftTextSupport ? false,
-  gitUpdater,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
 }:
 
-python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication {
   pname = "ranger";
-  version = "1.9.4";
+  version = "1.9.3-unstable-2025-06-04";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ranger";
     repo = "ranger";
-    tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-9ehxMXwQj7oVhlotTc3mzCKCkoMSbB9cliPg/NMEoWM=";
+    rev = "7e38143eaa91c82bed8f309aa167b1e6f2607576";
+    hash = "sha256-O0DjecncpN+Bv8Ng+keuvU9iVtWAV4a50p959pMvkww=";
   };
 
   LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
         --replace "set preview_images false" "set preview_images true"
     '';
 
-  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { rev-prefix = "v"; };
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { tagPrefix = "v"; };
 
   meta = {
     description = "File manager with minimalistic curses interface";