diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypdfium2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypdfium2/default.nix
index 66cdf166a6fb..8a566a791873 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypdfium2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pypdfium2/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   fetchgit,
+  gitUpdater,
   setuptools-scm,
   pdfium-binaries,
   numpy,
@@ -133,6 +134,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "pypdfium2"
   ];
 
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = gitUpdater {
+      allowedVersions = "^[.0-9]+$";
+    };
+  };
+
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://github.com/pypdfium2-team/pypdfium2/releases/tag/${version}";
     description = "Python bindings to PDFium";