diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/tools.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/tools.nix
index fe70f5b317a..fcc99cf4140 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/tools.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/tools.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, gitUpdater
 , icu
 , libkiwix
 , meson
@@ -10,13 +11,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "kiwix-tools";
-  version = "3.4.0";
+  version = "3.5.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "kiwix";
     repo = "kiwix-tools";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-r3/aTH/YoDuYpKLPakP4toS3OtiRueTUjmR34rdmr+w=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-bOxi51H28LhA+5caX6kllIY5B3Q1FoGVFadFIhYRkG0=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libkiwix
   ];
 
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Command line Kiwix tools: kiwix-serve, kiwix-manage, ...";
     homepage = "https://kiwix.org";