diff --git a/pkgs/servers/audiobookshelf/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/audiobookshelf/default.nix
index 4b075498e759..01d49a5fee69 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/audiobookshelf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/audiobookshelf/default.nix
@@ -15,19 +15,19 @@
 let
   nodejs = nodejs_18;
 
+  source = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./source.json);
   pname = "audiobookshelf";
-  version = "2.7.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "advplyr";
     repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-ROxVAevnxCyND/h1yyXfUeK9v5SEULL8gkR3flTmmW8=";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${source.version}";
+    inherit (source) hash;
   };
 
   client = buildNpmPackage {
     pname = "${pname}-client";
-    inherit version;
+    inherit (source) version;
 
     src = runCommand "cp-source" {} ''
       cp -r ${src}/client $out
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ let
     NODE_OPTIONS = "--openssl-legacy-provider";
 
     npmBuildScript = "generate";
-    npmDepsHash = "sha256-2t/+IpmgTZglh3SSuYZNUvT1RZCDZGVT2gS57KU1mqA=";
+    npmDepsHash = source.clientDepsHash;
   };
 
   wrapper = import ./wrapper.nix {
@@ -44,14 +44,15 @@ let
   };
 
 in buildNpmPackage {
-  inherit pname version src;
+  inherit pname src;
+  inherit (source) version;
 
   buildInputs = [ util-linux ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ python3 ];
 
   dontNpmBuild = true;
   npmInstallFlags = [ "--only-production" ];
-  npmDepsHash = "sha256-1VVFGc4RPE0FHQX1PeRnvU3cAq9eRYGfJ/0GzMy7Fh4=";
+  npmDepsHash = source.depsHash;
 
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/opt/client
@@ -65,10 +66,12 @@ in buildNpmPackage {
     chmod +x $out/bin/${pname}
   '';
 
+  passthru.updateScript = ./update.nu;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.audiobookshelf.org/";
     description = "Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases/tag/v${source.version}";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.jvanbruegge maintainers.adamcstephens ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/audiobookshelf/source.json b/pkgs/servers/audiobookshelf/source.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..825d98d847a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/audiobookshelf/source.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "owner": "advplyr",
+  "repo": "audiobookshelf",
+  "rev": "9a2b93fb377b6c18e2a5fc3a8f6b2ac827907e9a",
+  "hash": "sha256-ROxVAevnxCyND/h1yyXfUeK9v5SEULL8gkR3flTmmW8=",
+  "version": "2.7.1",
+  "depsHash": "sha256-1VVFGc4RPE0FHQX1PeRnvU3cAq9eRYGfJ/0GzMy7Fh4=",
+  "clientDepsHash": "sha256-2t/+IpmgTZglh3SSuYZNUvT1RZCDZGVT2gS57KU1mqA="
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/audiobookshelf/update.nu b/pkgs/servers/audiobookshelf/update.nu
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..005d0193a076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/audiobookshelf/update.nu
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -i nu -p nushell common-updater-scripts prefetch-npm-deps
+
+def main [] {
+  let tags = list-git-tags --url=https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf | lines | sort --natural | str replace v ''
+
+  let latest_tag = $tags | last
+  let current_version = open ./pkgs/servers/audiobookshelf/source.json | get version
+
+  if $latest_tag != $current_version {
+    let source = nix-prefetch-github advplyr audiobookshelf --rev $"v($latest_tag)" | from json | merge { version: $latest_tag, depsHash: "", clientDepsHash: ""}
+    $source | save --force $"(pwd)/pkgs/servers/audiobookshelf/source.json"
+
+    let srcPath = nix-build $env.PWD -A audiobookshelf.src | complete | get stdout | lines | first
+
+    print $srcPath
+    ls $srcPath
+
+    $source | merge {
+      depsHash: (prefetch-npm-deps $"($srcPath)/package-lock.json"),
+      clientDepsHash: (prefetch-npm-deps $"($srcPath)/client/package-lock.json")
+    } | save --force $"(pwd)/pkgs/servers/audiobookshelf/source.json"
+
+    # appease the editorconfig CI check
+    echo "\n" | save --append $"(pwd)/pkgs/servers/audiobookshelf/source.json"
+  }
+
+  {before: $current_version, after: $latest_tag}
+}