diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ri/rich-cli/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ri/rich-cli/package.nix
index 93b4f94c37c6..7b98a06d3f89 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ri/rich-cli/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ri/rich-cli/package.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 {
   lib,
+  python3Packages,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   fetchpatch,
-  python3,
+  versionCheckHook,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
-python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "rich-cli";
   version = "1.8.0";
   pyproject = true;
@@ -32,17 +34,15 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   ];
 
   pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "rich"
     "textual"
   ];
 
-  build-system = with python3.pkgs; [
+  build-system = with python3Packages; [
     poetry-core
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
-  ];
-
-  dependencies = with python3.pkgs; [
+  dependencies = with python3Packages; [
     click
     requests
     rich
@@ -50,15 +50,23 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     textual
   ];
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [
-    "rich_cli"
-  ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "rich_cli" ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+  versionCheckProgram = "${placeholder "out"}/bin/rich";
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+  };
+
+  meta = {
     description = "Command Line Interface to Rich";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Textualize/rich-cli";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Textualize/rich-cli/releases/tag/v${version}";
-    license = licenses.mit;
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ ];
     mainProgram = "rich";
   };