diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cl/claude-code-bin/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cl/claude-code-bin/package.nix
index d8635c169508..a00308dc633f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cl/claude-code-bin/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cl/claude-code-bin/package.nix
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
     wrapProgram $out/bin/claude \
       --set DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER 1 \
+      --set-default FORCE_AUTOUPDATE_PLUGINS 1 \
       --set USE_BUILTIN_RIPGREP 0 \
       --prefix PATH : ${
         lib.makeBinPath (
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cl/claude-code/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cl/claude-code/package.nix
index 6454a7d13c9b..9007cb9a3a95 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cl/claude-code/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cl/claude-code/package.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ buildNpmPackage (finalAttrs: {
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/claude \
       --set DISABLE_AUTOUPDATER 1 \
+      --set-default FORCE_AUTOUPDATE_PLUGINS 1 \
       --set DISABLE_INSTALLATION_CHECKS 1 \
       --unset DEV \
       --prefix PATH : ${