diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/n8/n8n/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/n8/n8n/package.nix
index 84491ae199d9..8a3b39bf0c54 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/n8/n8n/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/n8/n8n/package.nix
@@ -26,20 +26,20 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "n8n";
-  version = "2.20.6";
+  version = "2.22.5";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "n8n-io";
     repo = "n8n";
     tag = "n8n@${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-c0O6tC+QDhHN3nmzXqNwhAM4+NoFYVO1mtO3V348hDs=";
+    hash = "sha256-YF6VJLA+y8pcAE3RwTub1XjPVfeh8cR+3TQqb3VvV5U=";
   };
 
   pnpmDeps = fetchPnpmDeps {
     inherit (finalAttrs) pname version src;
     pnpm = pnpm_10;
     fetcherVersion = 3;
-    hash = "sha256-ft7n3J7L+u2hwEiR32Jw2k0ZsHCfI5yIB+IfmtB8xMY=";
+    hash = "sha256-lAe3GuZRdzEwOXWmpBtF7YfGvA4XJumLf80uDYS6j30=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/n8/n8n/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/n8/n8n/update.sh
index 74ce4a18986d..501aecf308f0 100755
--- a/pkgs/by-name/n8/n8n/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/n8/n8n/update.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 #!nix-shell --pure -i bash -p bash curl jq nix-update cacert git
 set -euo pipefail
 
-new_version="$(curl -s 'https://api.github.com/repos/n8n-io/n8n/releases?per_page=30' | \
-  jq -r '
-    map(select(.prerelease | not) | .tag_name | select(startswith("n8n@")) | sub("^n8n@"; ""))
-    | sort_by(split(".") | map(tonumber)) | last
-    ')"
+new_version="$(curl -s ${GITHUB_TOKEN:+" -u \":$GITHUB_TOKEN\""} \
+  'https://api.github.com/repos/n8n-io/n8n/releases/latest' |
+  jq -r '.tag_name | sub("^n8n@"; "")')"
 nix-update n8n --version "$new_version"