diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-explorer/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-explorer/package.nix
index 7689932d4b7d..5eeabc912a2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-explorer/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-explorer/package.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildNpmPackage,
+  fetchFromRadicle,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  radicle-httpd,
   writers,
+  _experimental-update-script-combinators,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -20,18 +23,16 @@ in
 
 buildNpmPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "radicle-explorer";
-  inherit (radicle-httpd) version;
+  version = "0-unstable-2026-07-16";
 
-  # radicle-explorer uses the radicle-httpd API, and they are developed in the
-  # same repo. For this reason we pin the sources to each other, but due to
-  # radicle-httpd using a more limited sparse checkout we need to carry a
-  # separate hash.
-  src = radicle-httpd.src.override {
-    hash = "sha256-cnQsPWkRChC8yPrICRoUpGW2GGLB2TK9+3v8ZRGe3x0=";
-    sparseCheckout = [ ];
+  src = fetchFromRadicle {
+    seed = "seed.radicle.dev";
+    repo = "z4V1sjrXqjvFdnCUbxPFqd5p4DtH5";
+    rev = "3c2935704f5767d60b3caf609ef772948bbecb10";
+    hash = "sha256-EpHKuFNgRLwCVdDDRKjPJEvfDpS9qka75B2fQEVc1ns=";
   };
 
-  npmDepsHash = "sha256-8vmAs788PjdUTaQ5E8YLX0KiIPymJbH51oNaGZACe6I=";
+  npmDepsHash = "sha256-74r7cyggbuva9XpW++HdAHHFqEBJ6BgNuJJUR+8HE4c=";
 
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs --build ./scripts
@@ -74,6 +75,11 @@ buildNpmPackage (finalAttrs: {
     config:
     finalAttrs.finalPackage.overrideAttrs { configFile = writers.writeJSON "config.json" config; };
 
+  passthru.updateScript = _experimental-update-script-combinators.sequence [
+    (unstableGitUpdater { hardcodeZeroVersion = true; })
+    (nix-update-script { extraArgs = [ "--version=skip" ]; })
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "Web frontend for Radicle";
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-httpd/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-httpd/package.nix
index 8bc190ee6378..4fd611d19616 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-httpd/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-httpd/package.nix
@@ -15,22 +15,24 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "radicle-httpd";
-  version = "0.25.0";
+  version = "0.26.0";
 
   env.RADICLE_VERSION = finalAttrs.version;
 
-  # You must update the radicle-explorer source hash when changing this.
   src = fetchFromRadicle {
     seed = "seed.radicle.dev";
     repo = "z4V1sjrXqjvFdnCUbxPFqd5p4DtH5";
     tag = "releases/${finalAttrs.version}";
-    sparseCheckout = [ "radicle-httpd" ];
-    hash = "sha256-gejNiCQ511OGGItmqXoyB+TmsUw+ozoEmOWooBXBkQ8=";
+    nonConeMode = true;
+    sparseCheckout = [
+      "/crates"
+      "/Cargo.toml"
+      "/Cargo.lock"
+    ];
+    hash = "sha256-zSU8B5IwOEUS9d4Y/UWJ6eD0p3zvp0nWVgJmZ/kVB1Q=";
   };
 
-  sourceRoot = "${finalAttrs.src.name}/radicle-httpd";
-
-  cargoHash = "sha256-Oawin/2R5dZ46pf3SarwNgILF9dXSkw02Z4gYQ4HtzE=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-rdW+WLkQ4UEn6hRZfgJhJkJWb7A26MayXVnVwAlLAG8=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     asciidoctor
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
       repositories on a Radicle node via their web browser.
     '';
     homepage = "https://radicle.dev";
-    changelog = "https://radicle.network/nodes/seed.radicle.dev/rad:z4V1sjrXqjvFdnCUbxPFqd5p4DtH5/tree/radicle-httpd/CHANGELOG.md";
+    changelog = "https://radicle.network/nodes/seed.radicle.dev/rad:z4V1sjrXqjvFdnCUbxPFqd5p4DtH5/tree/CHANGELOG.md";
     # cargo.toml says MIT and asl20, LICENSE file says GPL3
     license = with lib.licenses; [
       gpl3Only
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-httpd/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-httpd/update.sh
index 212d9bf7210c..50948c8eef00 100755
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-httpd/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-httpd/update.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@
 
 version=$(list-git-tags | grep -oP '^releases/\K\d+\.\d+\.\d+$' | sort -rV | head -1)
 nix-update --version="$version" radicle-httpd
-nix-update --version=skip radicle-explorer