diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/n8/n8n/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/n8/n8n/update.sh
index bcf02c247da9..066dae4bc0aa 100755
--- a/pkgs/by-name/n8/n8n/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/n8/n8n/update.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 #!nix-shell --pure -i bash -p bash curl jq nix-update cacert git
 set -euo pipefail
 
-new_version="$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/n8n-io/n8n/releases?per_page=30" | \
-  jq --raw-output 'map(select(.prerelease | not) | .tag_name) | sort | last | ltrimstr("n8n@")')"
+new_version="$(curl -s 'https://api.github.com/repos/n8n-io/n8n/releases?per_page=30' | \
+  jq -r '
+    map(select(.prerelease | not) | .tag_name | sub("^n8n@"; ""))
+    | sort_by(split(".") | map(tonumber)) | last
+    ')"
 nix-update n8n --version "$new_version"