diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/es/eslint/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/es/eslint/package.nix
index 9ffe00a2f102..c5342bd5ebe8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/es/eslint/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/es/eslint/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   buildNpmPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  nix-update-script,
   stdenv,
 }:
 buildNpmPackage rec {
@@ -30,6 +31,10 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
   dontNpmBuild = true;
   dontNpmPrune = true;
 
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script {
+    extraArgs = [ "--generate-lockfile" ];
+  };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Find and fix problems in your JavaScript code";
     homepage = "https://eslint.org";