diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/yo/yo/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/yo/yo/package.nix
index 62818e94da1e..a2454402a003 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/yo/yo/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/yo/yo/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
   lib,
   buildNpmPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  versionCheckHook,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
 buildNpmPackage (finalAttrs: {
@@ -19,6 +21,11 @@ buildNpmPackage (finalAttrs: {
 
   dontNpmBuild = true;
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
   meta = {
     description = "CLI tool for running Yeoman generators";
     homepage = "https://github.com/yeoman/yo";