diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vulkan-headers/update.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/vulkan-headers/update.sh
index 9857af699e2..b61be25ca2e 100755
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/vulkan-headers/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/vulkan-headers/update.sh
@@ -1,23 +1,29 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -i bash -p curl jq nix-update
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p nix-update
 
 set -euf -o pipefail
 
-NEW_VERSION=$(curl https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/latest/linux.json | jq -r '.linux')
-
-VULKAN_SDK_PACKAGES=(
+V_PACKAGES=(
     "vulkan-headers"
-    "spirv-headers"
-    "glslang"
     "vulkan-loader"
     "spirv-tools"
-    "spirv-cross"
     "vulkan-validation-layers"
     "vulkan-tools"
     "vulkan-tools-lunarg"
     "vulkan-extension-layer"
 )
 
-for P in "${VULKAN_SDK_PACKAGES[@]}"; do
-    nix-update "$P" --version "$NEW_VERSION" --commit
+SDK_PACKAGES=(
+    "spirv-headers"
+    "spirv-cross"
+)
+
+nix-update glslang --version-regex '(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)' --commit
+
+for P in "${V_PACKAGES[@]}"; do
+    nix-update "$P" --version-regex "(?:v)(.*)" --commit
+done
+
+for P in "${SDK_PACKAGES[@]}"; do
+    nix-update "$P" --version-regex "(?:sdk-)(.*)" --commit
 done