diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fa/far2l/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fa/far2l/package.nix
index 4adba782003f..bccdd5dc67c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fa/far2l/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fa/far2l/package.nix
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     done
   '';
 
-  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { extraArgs = "--version=branch=master"; };
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { extraArgs = [ "--version=branch=master" ]; };
 
   meta = {
     description = "Linux port of FAR Manager v2 with enhanced plugin support";