diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-release/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-release/package.nix
index 782e668830d6..e2e677dbf97a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-release/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ca/cargo-release/package.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   stdenv,
   curl,
   git,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   # disable vendored-libgit2 and vendored-openssl
   buildNoDefaultFeatures = true;
 
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
   meta = {
     description = ''Cargo subcommand "release": everything about releasing a rust crate'';
     mainProgram = "cargo-release";