diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-buildpackage/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-buildpackage/package.nix
index 1c23f7cc4dae..91d0e1488111 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-buildpackage/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-buildpackage/package.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 {
   lib,
+  stdenv,
 
   coreutils,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  nix-update-script,
   python3Packages,
-  stdenv,
 
   # nativeCheckInputs
   debian-devscripts,
@@ -16,14 +17,14 @@
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "git-buildpackage";
-  version = "0.9.37";
+  version = "0.9.38";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "agx";
     repo = "git-buildpackage";
     tag = "debian/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-0gfryd1GrVfL11u/IrtLSJAABRsTpFfPOGxWfVdYtgE=";
+    hash = "sha256-dZ/uJLcDPkpwIz+Y6WInJ4XlSJ5zzDY65li/xghsJTQ=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   dependencies = with python3Packages; [
     python-dateutil
+    pyyaml
+    rpm
   ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [
@@ -56,8 +59,6 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     coverage
     pytest-cov
     pytestCheckHook
-    pyyaml
-    rpm
   ]);
 
   disabledTests = [
@@ -77,6 +78,13 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     "tests.doctests.test_GitRepository.test_create_noperm"
   ];
 
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script {
+    extraArgs = [
+      "--version-regex"
+      "debian/(.*)"
+    ];
+  };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Suite to help with maintaining Debian packages in Git repositories";
     homepage = "https://honk.sigxcpu.org/piki/projects/git-buildpackage/";