diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-update/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-update/default.nix
index 1345e2caa40..fd3b4a5a3e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-update/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-update/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonApplication
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, nixUnstable
+, nix
 , nix-prefetch
 , nixpkgs-fmt
 , nixpkgs-review
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   };
 
   makeWrapperArgs = [
-    "--prefix" "PATH" ":" (lib.makeBinPath [ nixUnstable nix-prefetch nixpkgs-fmt nixpkgs-review ])
+    "--prefix" "PATH" ":" (lib.makeBinPath [ nix nix-prefetch nixpkgs-fmt nixpkgs-review ])
   ];
 
   checkPhase = ''