diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/default.nix
index 2c9eafb16c11..bc78318d075e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   mkDerivation,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  nix-update-script,
   libkiwix,
   pkg-config,
   qmake,
@@ -12,15 +13,15 @@
   aria2,
 }:
 
-mkDerivation {
+mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "kiwix";
-  version = "2.3.1-unstable-2024-02-20";
+  version = "2.4.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "kiwix";
     repo = "kiwix-desktop";
-    rev = "17ac566b07814aefb1decf108e4ba6d7ad9ef7bc";
-    hash = "sha256-BZzFnQE8/dyZkpY0X3zZ6yC6yLZ002Q/RoDzEhSOa/g=";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-B3RcYr/b8pZTJV35BWuqmWbq+C2WkkcwBR0oNaUXPRw=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ mkDerivation {
     "--prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ aria2 ]}"
   ];
 
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Offline reader for Web content";
     mainProgram = "kiwix-desktop";