diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libtorrent/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libtorrent/package.nix
index 2867124b5814..3f3e5a40ea46 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libtorrent/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libtorrent/package.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     zlib
   ];
 
-  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { tagPrefix = "v"; };
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { rev-prefix = "v"; };
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;