diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bitsandbytes/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bitsandbytes/default.nix
index 16d12a9091b7..66769216709a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bitsandbytes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bitsandbytes/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   symlinkJoin,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  gitUpdater,
 
   cmake,
 
@@ -191,6 +192,10 @@ buildPythonPackage {
       rocmPackages
       brokenConditions # To help debug when a package is broken due to CUDA support
       ;
+
+    updateScript = gitUpdater {
+      ignoredVersions = "continuous-release.*";
+    };
   };
 
   meta = {