diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pi/pinact/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pi/pinact/package.nix
index a13b2f069682..64277582f4a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pi/pinact/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pi/pinact/package.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ buildGoModule {
   versionCheckProgramArg = "version";
 
   passthru = {
-    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+    updateScript = nix-update-script {
+      extraArgs = [
+        "--version-regex=^v([\\d\\.]+)$"
+      ];
+    };
   };
 
   ldflags = [