diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
index 99f97b173260..2132401ccbec 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ in
 
   cask = callPackage ./manual-packages/cask { };
 
-  codeium = callPackage ./manual-packages/codeium { };
+  codeium = callPackage ./manual-packages/codeium {
+    inherit (pkgs) codeium;
+  };
 
   consult-gh = callPackage ./manual-packages/consult-gh { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/codeium/codeium.el.patch b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/codeium/0000-set-codeium-command-executable.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/codeium/codeium.el.patch
rename to pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/codeium/0000-set-codeium-command-executable.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/codeium/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/codeium/default.nix
index 344843eeabc4..59be7f543d1c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/codeium/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/codeium/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 {
+  lib,
+  codeium,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   melpaBuild,
-  pkgs,
-  lib,
   substituteAll,
+  gitUpdater,
 }:
 
 melpaBuild {
@@ -19,17 +20,19 @@ melpaBuild {
 
   patches = [
     (substituteAll {
-      src = ./codeium.el.patch;
-      codeium = "${pkgs.codeium}/bin/codeium_language_server";
+      src = ./0000-set-codeium-command-executable.patch;
+      codeium = lib.getExe' codeium "codeium_language_server";
     })
   ];
 
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Free, ultrafast Copilot alternative for Emacs";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Exafunction/codeium.el";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.running-grass ];
-    platforms = pkgs.codeium.meta.platforms;
+    inherit (codeium.meta) platforms;
     sourceProvenance = [ lib.sourceTypes.fromSource ];
   };