diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/non-generated/bitbake-vim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/non-generated/bitbake-vim/default.nix
index f9691b378df8..178e59579256 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/non-generated/bitbake-vim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/non-generated/bitbake-vim/default.nix
@@ -3,20 +3,25 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   nix-update-script,
 }:
-vimUtils.buildVimPlugin {
+vimUtils.buildVimPlugin rec {
   pname = "bitbake-vim";
-  version = "2025-03-24";
+  version = "2.8.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "openembedded";
     repo = "bitbake";
-    rev = "8cc976e2792fdde3900729f3b09dd18ab640b5e8";
-    sha256 = "12k48zhd9bh3b8xjpang2xj14nhyla2p55r1is3m25wkqys10p9c";
+    tag = version;
+    hash = "sha256-ShNMTsDL2N2BxwsHetn9rSQdWUBtF/N1EVAbYHXgBSY=";
   };
 
   sourceRoot = "source/contrib/vim";
 
   meta.homepage = "https://github.com/openembedded/bitbake/";
 
-  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script {
+    extraArgs = [
+      "--version-regex"
+      "^(\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)$"
+    ];
+  };
 }