diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ha/hare/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ha/hare/package.nix
index c809d73c3897..763d8638fd58 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ha/hare/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ha/hare/package.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   stdenv,
   fetchFromSourcehut,
   harec,
-  gitUpdater,
   scdoc,
   tzdata,
   mailcap,
@@ -154,7 +153,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   passthru = {
-    updateScript = gitUpdater { };
     tests =
       lib.optionalAttrs enableCrossCompilation {
         crossCompilation = callPackage ./cross-compilation-tests.nix { hare = finalAttrs.finalPackage; };
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ha/harec/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ha/harec/package.nix
index 692ea76cb89e..c80e8cb0126b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ha/harec/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ha/harec/package.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  _experimental-update-script-combinators,
   fetchFromSourcehut,
   gitUpdater,
   lib,
@@ -52,7 +53,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   passthru = {
-    updateScript = gitUpdater { };
+    updateScript = _experimental-update-script-combinators.sequence (
+      builtins.map (item: item.command) [
+        (gitUpdater {
+          attrPath = "harec";
+          ignoredVersions = [ "-rc[0-9]{1,}" ];
+        })
+        (gitUpdater {
+          attrPath = "hare";
+          url = "https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/hare";
+          ignoredVersions = [ "-rc[0-9]{1,}" ];
+        })
+      ]
+    );
     # To be kept in sync with the hare package.
     inherit qbe;
   };