diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/jq/jql/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/jq/jql/package.nix
index 63c062a4ae02..bddd524cf6e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/jq/jql/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/jq/jql/package.nix
@@ -2,32 +2,44 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   rustPlatform,
+  versionCheckHook,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "jql";
   version = "8.0.9";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "yamafaktory";
     repo = "jql";
-    rev = "jql-v${version}";
+    tag = "jql-v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-1gkKOOR2mIUKrbVb1BlFxVuskL6y7s6mrI99xTfjjTI=";
   };
 
   cargoHash = "sha256-7pSvHZqvPW9SXwU0AtQHIjgHQCSKPzrBhNxLY5ZAcMw=";
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+  };
+
+  meta = {
     description = "JSON Query Language CLI tool built with Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/yamafaktory/jql";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/yamafaktory/jql/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
-    license = with licenses; [
+    changelog = "https://github.com/yamafaktory/jql/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
+    license = with lib.licenses; [
       asl20
       mit
     ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       akshgpt7
     ];
     mainProgram = "jql";
   };
-}
+})