diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gr/grafana-alloy/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gr/grafana-alloy/package.nix
index 37334cc5c58d..92286c91e699 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gr/grafana-alloy/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gr/grafana-alloy/package.nix
@@ -17,17 +17,17 @@
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "grafana-alloy";
-  version = "1.6.1";
+  version = "1.7.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "grafana";
     repo = "alloy";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-7NcSe+6MqS5Bxu64qaJKKxSsQYYEqeGGRgDpcag8t1I=";
+    hash = "sha256-t1YDYQ+0RKHYaL/oE9XGjV7/g28rHO9avL6/CTfMHeE=";
   };
 
   proxyVendor = true;
-  vendorHash = "sha256-DmSyEgEIJEMOOfOQxDZUGT81Iw6QO0gOhSkXSilL16g=";
+  vendorHash = "sha256-d9uWbZ+5YSnB3yqL/YZ0ld+8soO3oGb8gttzj3Q7MXs=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     fixup-yarn-lock
@@ -127,7 +127,12 @@ buildGoModule rec {
         package = grafana-alloy;
       };
     };
-    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+    updateScript = nix-update-script {
+      extraArgs = [
+        "--version-regex"
+        "v(.+)"
+      ];
+    };
     # alias for nix-update to be able to find and update this attribute
     offlineCache = yarnOfflineCache;
   };