diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/co/conventional-changelog-cli/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/co/conventional-changelog-cli/package.nix
index c3d264d6ec0f..f4620912cbb5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/co/conventional-changelog-cli/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/co/conventional-changelog-cli/package.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       --replace-warn '"exports": "./src/index.ts"' '"exports": "./dist/index.js"'
   '';
 
-  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script {
+    extraArgs = [
+      "--use-github-releases"
+      "--version-regex"
+      "conventional-changelog-v(.*)"
+    ];
+  };
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/releases/tag/conventional-changelog-v${finalAttrs.version}";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/packages/elm-graphql/update.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/packages/elm-graphql/update.sh
index 0829cdfec07b..fa4796a52eaa 100755
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/packages/elm-graphql/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/packages/elm-graphql/update.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set -eu -o pipefail
 PACKAGE_DIR=$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")")
 
 # Update version, src and npm deps
-nix-update "$UPDATE_NIX_ATTR_PATH"
+nix-update "$UPDATE_NIX_ATTR_PATH" --version-regex "v(.*)"
 
 # Update elm deps
 cp "$(nix-build -A "$UPDATE_NIX_ATTR_PATH".src)/generator/elm.json" elm.json