diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/re/renode/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/re/renode/package.nix
index 42255102d626..acaab3a39f64 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/re/renode/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/re/renode/package.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
   gtk3,
   lib,
   mono,
-  nix-update-script,
   python3Packages,
 }:
 
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ buildDotnetModule rec {
 
   executables = [ "Renode" ];
 
-  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+  passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://github.com/renode/renode/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.rst";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/re/renode/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/re/renode/update.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..8d7bd81babdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/re/renode/update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p curl jq common-updater-scripts git nix
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+latest_tag=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/renode/renode/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')
+latest_version="${latest_tag#v}"
+
+# Resolve tag to commit hash
+# Try dereferenced ref first (annotated tags), then direct ref (lightweight tags)
+commit=$(git ls-remote https://github.com/renode/renode "refs/tags/${latest_tag}^{}" | awk '{print $1}')
+if [[ -z "$commit" ]]; then
+    commit=$(git ls-remote https://github.com/renode/renode "refs/tags/${latest_tag}" | awk '{print $1}')
+fi
+
+update-source-version renode "$latest_version" --rev="$commit"
+
+# Regenerate nuget deps
+$(nix-build -A renode.passthru.fetch-deps --no-out-link)