diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/je/jen/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/je/jen/package.nix
index e6cd9e41b2cb..717fc077e55a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/je/jen/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/je/jen/package.nix
@@ -2,27 +2,30 @@
   lib,
   rustPlatform,
   fetchCrate,
-  fetchpatch,
+  versionCheckHook,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "jen";
-  version = "1.7.0";
+  version = "1.7.1";
 
   src = fetchCrate {
     inherit (finalAttrs) pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-nouAHEo5JJtZ0pV8ig/iJ3eB8uPz3yMVIYP6RrNVlSA=";
+    hash = "sha256-dRUIyy4aQRwofZ/zWOHThclfxxrpXGWHruqg2Pp2BtQ=";
   };
 
-  cargoPatches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "fix-rust-1.80-build.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/whitfin/jen/commit/a6b5239593cecfd803a111ff317afa88c94c3640.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-ikfmEj6Xm0nT9dxpx6xdm/mQbw0b3gh2PT6Zo69Zg0E=";
-    })
-  ];
+  cargoHash = "sha256-2c4XHA8fl2BA/Qtz+Hp29SjiWqPEJEj4WQiIFG/O4fE=";
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-qYEnKFC1Y24TEY0dXa9N7QNvxhHULq+vd4Wej/RK8HQ=";
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+  };
 
   meta = {
     description = "Simple CLI generation tool for creating large datasets";