diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/elisp-ffi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/elisp-ffi/default.nix
index 4e21c8e8e79e..3bc5b686e548 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/elisp-ffi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/elisp-ffi/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 {
   lib,
-  melpaBuild,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  pkg-config,
   libffi,
+  melpaBuild,
+  pkg-config,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
 }:
 
 melpaBuild {
@@ -26,7 +27,10 @@ melpaBuild {
     make
   '';
 
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+
   meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/skeeto/elisp-ffi";
     description = "Emacs Lisp Foreign Function Interface";
     longDescription = ''
       This library provides an FFI for Emacs Lisp so that Emacs
@@ -35,5 +39,6 @@ melpaBuild {
       values on to Emacs.
     '';
     license = lib.licenses.unlicense;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/font-lock-plus/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/font-lock-plus/default.nix
index 1360d3bff7f7..d7e8390b40b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/font-lock-plus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/font-lock-plus/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   melpaBuild,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
 }:
 
 melpaBuild {
@@ -16,9 +17,12 @@ melpaBuild {
     hash = "sha256-lFmdVMXIIXZ9ZohAJw5rhxpTv017qIyzmpuKOWDdeJ4=";
   };
 
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/emacsmirror/font-lock-plus";
     description = "Enhancements to standard library font-lock.el";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/voicemacs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/voicemacs/default.nix
index 4dc7b493cb91..593dac257976 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/voicemacs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/voicemacs/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   melpaBuild,
   nav-flash,
   porthole,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
   yasnippet,
 }:
 
@@ -27,7 +28,9 @@ melpaBuild {
     hash = "sha256-/MBB2R9/V0aYZp15e0vx+67ijCPp2iPlgxe262ldmtc=";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./0000-add-missing-require.patch ];
+  patches = [
+    ./0000-add-missing-require.patch
+  ];
 
   packageRequires = [
     avy
@@ -44,9 +47,12 @@ melpaBuild {
     yasnippet
   ];
 
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { hardcodeZeroVersion = true; };
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/jcaw/voicemacs/";
     description = "Set of utilities for controlling Emacs by voice";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
   };
 }