diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ya/yazi-unwrapped/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ya/yazi-unwrapped/package.nix
index 10a7d2adaa7b..68b15123b946 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ya/yazi-unwrapped/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ya/yazi-unwrapped/package.nix
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
   stdenv,
   Foundation,
   rust-jemalloc-sys,
-
-  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     install -Dm444 assets/logo.png $out/share/pixmaps/yazi.png
   '';
 
-  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+  passthru.updateScript.command = [ ./update.sh ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ya/yazi-unwrapped/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/ya/yazi-unwrapped/update.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..e87b94dfc241
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ya/yazi-unwrapped/update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p bash nix-update curl coreutils jq common-updater-scripts nix-prefetch
+
+set -eux
+
+NIXPKGS_DIR="$PWD"
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+
+# Get latest release
+YAZI_RELEASE=$(
+    curl --silent ${GITHUB_TOKEN:+-u ":$GITHUB_TOKEN"} \
+        https://api.github.com/repos/sxyazi/yazi/releases/latest
+)
+
+# Get release information
+latestBuildDate=$(echo "$YAZI_RELEASE" | jq -r ".published_at")
+latestVersion=$(echo "$YAZI_RELEASE" | jq -r ".tag_name")
+
+latestBuildDate="${latestBuildDate%T*}" # remove the timestamp and get the date
+latestVersion="${latestVersion:1}"      # remove first char 'v'
+
+oldVersion=$(nix eval --raw -f "$NIXPKGS_DIR" yazi-unwrapped.version)
+
+if [[ "$oldVersion" == "$latestVersion" ]]; then
+    echo "Yazi is up-to-date: ${oldVersion}"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "Updating Yazi"
+
+# Version
+update-source-version yazi-unwrapped "${latestVersion}"
+
+pushd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
+# Build date
+sed -i 's#env.VERGEN_BUILD_DATE = "[^"]*"#env.VERGEN_BUILD_DATE = "'"${latestBuildDate}"'"#' package.nix
+
+# Hashes
+cargoHash=$(nix-prefetch "{ sha256 }: (import $NIXPKGS_DIR {}).yazi-unwrapped.cargoDeps.overrideAttrs (_: { outputHash = sha256; })")
+sed -i -E 's#\bcargoHash = ".*?"#cargoHash = "'"$cargoHash"'"#' package.nix
+popd