diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ta/tailwindcss/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ta/tailwindcss/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e981f68a88e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ta/tailwindcss/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ tailwindcss_4 }: tailwindcss_4
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/tailwindcss/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ta/tailwindcss_3/package.nix
similarity index 97%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/tailwindcss/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/ta/tailwindcss_3/package.nix
index f562cabd500f..2f43e836ff9a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/tailwindcss/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ta/tailwindcss_3/package.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   fetchurl,
   stdenv,
   runCommand,
-  tailwindcss,
 }:
 let
   inherit (stdenv.hostPlatform) system;
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ let
     .${system} or throwSystem;
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "tailwindcss";
+  pname = "tailwindcss_3";
   version = "3.4.17";
 
   src = fetchurl {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/tailwindcss/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/ta/tailwindcss_3/update.sh
similarity index 67%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/tailwindcss/update.sh
rename to pkgs/by-name/ta/tailwindcss_3/update.sh
index b3a9ccf37819..1a5f68d74f07 100755
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/tailwindcss/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ta/tailwindcss_3/update.sh
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -i bash -p curl gnused jq nix-prefetch
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p common-updater-scripts gnused jq nix-prefetch
 set -eou pipefail
 
 ROOT="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
 
-CURRENT_VERSION=$(nix-instantiate --eval --strict --json -A tailwindcss.version . | jq -r .)
-LATEST_VERSION=$(curl --fail --silent https://api.github.com/repos/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/releases/latest | jq --raw-output .tag_name | sed 's/v//')
-sed -i "s/version = \".*\"/version = \"${LATEST_VERSION}\"/" "$ROOT/default.nix"
+CURRENT_VERSION=$(nix-instantiate --eval --strict --json -A tailwindcss_3.version . | jq -r .)
+LATEST_VERSION=$(list-git-tags --url=https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss | rg 'v3[0-9\.]*$' | sed -e 's/^v//' | sort -V | tail -n 1)
+sed -i "s/version = \".*\"/version = \"${LATEST_VERSION}\"/" "$ROOT/package.nix"
 
 if [ "$CURRENT_VERSION" = "$LATEST_VERSION" ]; then
-    echo "tailwindcss already at latest version $CURRENT_VERSION, exiting"
+    echo "tailwindcss_3 already at latest version $CURRENT_VERSION, exiting"
     exit 0
 fi
 
 function updatePlatform() {
     NIXPLAT=$1
     TAILWINDPLAT=$2
-    echo "Updating tailwindcss for $NIXPLAT"
+    echo "Updating tailwindcss_3 for $NIXPLAT"
 
     URL="https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/releases/download/v${LATEST_VERSION}/tailwindcss-${TAILWINDPLAT}"
     HASH=$(nix hash to-sri --type sha256 "$(nix-prefetch-url --type sha256 "$URL")")
 
-    sed -i "s,$NIXPLAT = \"sha256.*\",$NIXPLAT = \"${HASH}\"," "$ROOT/default.nix"
+    sed -i "s,$NIXPLAT = \"sha256.*\",$NIXPLAT = \"${HASH}\"," "$ROOT/package.nix"
 }
 
 updatePlatform aarch64-darwin macos-arm64
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ta/tailwindcss_4/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ta/tailwindcss_4/package.nix
index 9c4128a4df5a..388a39759bb4 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ta/tailwindcss_4/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ta/tailwindcss_4/package.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   versionCheckHook,
   autoPatchelfHook,
   makeWrapper,
-  tailwindcss_4,
 }:
 let
   version = "4.0.6";
@@ -71,7 +70,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     homepage = "https://tailwindcss.com/blog/tailwindcss-v4";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     sourceProvenance = [ lib.sourceTypes.binaryNativeCode ];
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.adamjhf ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      adamcstephens
+      adamjhf
+    ];
     mainProgram = "tailwindcss";
     platforms = lib.platforms.darwin ++ lib.platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ta/tailwindcss_4/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/ta/tailwindcss_4/update.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index bcf057e6e9b9..3f50e10768e1
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ta/tailwindcss_4/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ta/tailwindcss_4/update.sh
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -i bash -p curl gnused jq nix-prefetch
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p common-updater-scripts gnused jq nix-prefetch
 set -eou pipefail
 
 ROOT="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
 
 CURRENT_VERSION=$(nix-instantiate --eval --strict --json -A tailwindcss.version . | jq -r .)
-LATEST_VERSION=$(curl --fail --silent https://api.github.com/repos/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/releases/latest | jq --raw-output .tag_name | sed 's/v//')
-sed -i "s/version = \".*\"/version = \"${LATEST_VERSION}\"/" "$ROOT/default.nix"
+LATEST_VERSION=$(list-git-tags --url=https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss | rg 'v4[0-9\.]*$' | sed -e 's/^v//' | sort -V | tail -n 1)
+sed -i "s/version = \".*\"/version = \"${LATEST_VERSION}\"/" "$ROOT/package.nix"
 
 if [ "$CURRENT_VERSION" = "$LATEST_VERSION" ]; then
-    echo "tailwindcss already at latest version $CURRENT_VERSION, exiting"
+    echo "tailwindcss_4 already at latest version $CURRENT_VERSION, exiting"
     exit 0
 fi
 
 function updatePlatform() {
     NIXPLAT=$1
     TAILWINDPLAT=$2
-    echo "Updating tailwindcss for $NIXPLAT"
+    echo "Updating tailwindcss_4 for $NIXPLAT"
 
     URL="https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/releases/download/v${LATEST_VERSION}/tailwindcss-${TAILWINDPLAT}"
     HASH=$(nix hash to-sri --type sha256 "$(nix-prefetch-url --type sha256 "$URL")")
 
-    sed -i "s,$NIXPLAT = \"sha256.*\",$NIXPLAT = \"${HASH}\"," "$ROOT/default.nix"
+    sed -i "s,$NIXPLAT = \"sha256.*\",$NIXPLAT = \"${HASH}\"," "$ROOT/package.nix"
 }
 
 updatePlatform aarch64-darwin macos-arm64
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ec8aead924b2..fb1a2453a42d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1081,8 +1081,6 @@ with pkgs;
     ocamlPackages = ocaml-ng.ocamlPackages_4_14;
   };
 
-  tailwindcss = callPackage ../development/tools/tailwindcss { };
-
   ufolint = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication ufolint;
 
   valeronoi = qt6Packages.callPackage ../tools/misc/valeronoi { };