diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/default.nix
index 9d16deb1c529..fb75464ab98e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ in lib.recurseIntoAttrs
     inhibit-gnome = callPackage ./inhibit-gnome.nix { };
     mpris = callPackage ./mpris.nix { };
     mpv-playlistmanager = callPackage ./mpv-playlistmanager.nix { inherit buildLua; };
-    mpv-webm = callPackage ./mpv-webm.nix { };
+    mpv-webm = callPackage ./mpv-webm.nix { inherit buildLua; };
     mpvacious = callPackage ./mpvacious.nix { inherit buildLua; };
     quality-menu = callPackage ./quality-menu.nix { inherit buildLua; };
     simple-mpv-webui = callPackage ./simple-mpv-webui.nix { inherit buildLua; };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/mpv-webm.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/mpv-webm.nix
index 983003d79d71..b155846750dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/mpv-webm.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/mpv-webm.nix
@@ -1,30 +1,28 @@
 { lib
-, stdenvNoCC
+, buildLua
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , luaPackages
+, nix-update-script
 }:
 
-stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
+buildLua {
   pname = "mpv-webm";
-  version = "unstable-2023-02-23";
+  version = "unstable-2023-11-18";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ekisu";
     repo = "mpv-webm";
-    rev = "a18375932e39e9b2a40d9c7ab52ea367b41e2558";
-    hash = "sha256-aetkQ1gU/6Yys5FJS/N06ED9tCSvL6BAgUGdNmNmpbU=";
+    rev = "6b5863f68275b3dc91c2507284c039ec8a4cbd97";
+    hash = "sha256-rJamBm6FyxWcJO7VXXOUTO9piWCkPfEVdqGKGeJ/h0c=";
   };
 
+  dontBuild = false;
   nativeBuildInputs = [ luaPackages.moonscript ];
+  scriptPath = "build/webm.lua";
 
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-    mkdir -p $out/share/mpv/scripts
-    install -m 644 build/webm.lua $out/share/mpv/scripts/
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
-
-  passthru.scriptName = "webm.lua";
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script {
+    extraArgs = [ "--version=branch" ];
+  };
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Simple WebM maker for mpv, with no external dependencies";