diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ghostel/package.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ghostel/package.nix
index 8a07ffc087cb..588218f3f05a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ghostel/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/ghostel/package.nix
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ let
 
   pname = "ghostel";
 
-  version = "0.41.0-unstable-2026-07-06";
+  version = "0.44.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "dakra";
     repo = "ghostel";
-    rev = "eb806d158df4ff302aee68e91caf257f11d66320";
-    hash = "sha256-Xz3Sy0iR/g5SoEzqJTZo2ymfMPYQ0NvnAOEoXiXhQFE=";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-vRGZoQtjsL42ga07fOfEjccKRidAhqgwHBoKs++62Ls=";
   };
 
   module = stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ let
     deps = zig.fetchDeps {
       inherit (finalAttrs) src pname version;
       fetchAll = true;
-      hash = "sha256-lFU0ywNyP1q2NL9MkIfWciH03VAA/Act5dGYAV4V7EY=";
+      hash = "sha256-yrVgiofdmVjTGJ+PGPGRCc8gb/JcEca1uAzIoPgHHqU=";
     };
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [ zig ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ xcbuild ];
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ melpaBuild {
   '';
 
   passthru = {
-    updateScript = nix-update-script { extraArgs = [ "--version=branch=main" ]; };
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
     inherit module;
   };