diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl3-ttf/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl3-ttf/package.nix
index 1dc4596bdcc0..c3ccf66b346a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl3-ttf/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl3-ttf/package.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   passthru = {
-    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+    updateScript = nix-update-script {
+      extraArgs = [
+        "--version-regex"
+        "release-(3\\..*)"
+      ];
+    };
     tests.pkg-config = testers.testMetaPkgConfig finalAttrs.finalPackage;
   };