diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/_7/_7zz-rar/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/_7/_7zz-rar/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5a1cf62bda75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/_7/_7zz-rar/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  _7zz,
+}:
+_7zz.override {
+  enableUnfree = true;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/_7/_7zz/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/_7/_7zz/package.nix
index fe3878f417aa..6923d10979d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/_7/_7zz/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/_7/_7zz/package.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 {
   stdenv,
   lib,
-  fetchzip,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  _experimental-update-script-combinators,
+  nix-update-script,
 
   # Free MASM-compatible assembler
   asmc-linux,
@@ -43,17 +45,17 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "7zz";
-  version = "26.01";
+  version = "26.02";
 
-  src = fetchzip {
-    url = "https://7-zip.org/a/7z${lib.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "" ] finalAttrs.version}-src.tar.xz";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ip7z";
+    repo = "7zip";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
     hash =
-      {
-        free = "sha256-52+Gg66MOFmwYUVB0OO4PAtZJtQOkoVpxV7F9xBGy58=";
-        unfree = "sha256-w0fk8EDusUYiOfrmIiUq+xevlwfQxMhjdPzfkHkOkR8=";
-      }
-      .${if enableUnfree then "unfree" else "free"};
-    stripRoot = false;
+      if enableUnfree then
+        "sha256-MmnsCM4guQ5DuWDE5MslI8QIIbkUtZnddVPgAuCRWQU="
+      else
+        "sha256-prKxsT7y7iHbzduM+xqz1yQMEbJ8IjnsmafzC2mOwr4=";
     # remove the unRAR related code from the src drv
     # > the license requires that you agree to these use restrictions,
     # > or you must remove the software (source and binary) from your hard disks
@@ -138,7 +140,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   passthru = {
-    updateScript = ./update.sh;
+    updateScript = _experimental-update-script-combinators.sequence [
+      (nix-update-script {
+        attrPath = "_7zz";
+        extraArgs = [ "--use-github-releases" ];
+      })
+      (nix-update-script {
+        attrPath = "_7zz-rar";
+        extraArgs = [ "--version=skip" ];
+      })
+    ];
     tests.version = testers.testVersion {
       package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
       command = "7zz --help";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/_7/_7zz/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/_7/_7zz/update.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 1128cedd5491..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/_7/_7zz/update.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#! nix-shell -I nixpkgs=./. -i bash -p curl xq-xml common-updater-scripts
-set -euo pipefail
-
-OLD_VERSION="$(nix-instantiate --eval --json --expr 'let pkgs = import ./. {}; in pkgs._7zz.version' | sed 's/"//g')"
-NEW_VERSION="$(curl -H 'Accept: application/rss+xml' 'https://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/rss?path=/7-Zip' | xq -x "substring((/rss/channel/item[link[contains(., 'src.tar.xz')]])[1]/title, 8, 5)")"
-
-echo "comparing versions $OLD_VERSION => $NEW_VERSION"
-if [[ "$OLD_VERSION" == "$NEW_VERSION" ]]; then
-    echo "Already up to date! Doing nothing"
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-update-source-version _7zz "$NEW_VERSION"
-update-source-version _7zz-rar "$NEW_VERSION" --ignore-same-version
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9cdb5c6198cf..a04ca2e8c1b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -937,8 +937,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ### TOOLS
 
-  _7zz-rar = _7zz.override { enableUnfree = true; };
-
   acquire = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication acquire;
 
   actdiag = with python3.pkgs; toPythonApplication actdiag;