diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/php/build-pecl.nix b/pkgs/build-support/php/build-pecl.nix
index 79faa2c7700a..be02be6c76ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/php/build-pecl.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/php/build-pecl.nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
       # PHP extensions correctly.
       # See the corresponding PR: https://github.com/Mic92/nix-update/pull/123
       isPhpExtension = true;
-      updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+      updateScript = passthru.updateScript or (nix-update-script { });
     };
   }
 )
diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/meminfo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/meminfo/default.nix
index d7cca10ba328..bee2be6fd614 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/php-packages/meminfo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/meminfo/default.nix
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   buildPecl,
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
 buildPecl rec {
-  version = "unstable-2022-03-25";
+  version = "1.1.1-unstable-2022-03-25";
   pname = "meminfo";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ buildPecl rec {
 
   sourceRoot = "${src.name}/extension";
 
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { extraArgs = [ "--version=branch" ]; };
+
   meta = {
     description = "PHP extension to get insight about memory usage";
     homepage = "https://github.com/BitOne/php-meminfo";