diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/n9/n98-magerun/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/n9/n98-magerun/package.nix
index 2aadbf8a837b..c7012f32b1eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/n9/n98-magerun/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/n9/n98-magerun/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   php81,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
 php81.buildComposerProject (finalAttrs: {
@@ -17,6 +18,14 @@ php81.buildComposerProject (finalAttrs: {
 
   vendorHash = "sha256-n608AY6AQdVuN3hfVQk02vJQ6hl/0+4LVBOsBL5o3+8=";
 
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script {
+    # Excludes 1.x versions from the Github tags list
+    extraArgs = [
+      "--version-regex"
+      "^(2\\.(.*))"
+    ];
+  };
+
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://magerun.net/category/magerun/";
     description = "Swiss army knife for Magento1/OpenMage developers";