diff --git a/pkgs/additional/uassets/default.nix b/pkgs/additional/uassets/default.nix
index 972cb9f9..fe1b11af 100644
--- a/pkgs/additional/uassets/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/additional/uassets/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv
 , lib
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, unstableGitUpdater
+, nix-update-script
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "uassets";
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "uBlockOrigin";
     repo = "uAssets";
-    rev = "c1534355786340767ce31bb89aa0cb40903685f4";
-    hash = "sha256-Euaop8Y4tUNWlpc+H+VJG65KcMkX6EOtbjPGyheCkPE=";
+    rev = "deb1f47b49461e1c2f307931fc6a02c76137168b";
+    hash = "sha256-IhzNUSkGnGuY9YBq9rN7l2rwxHzRMQTp3aPJ6xF46lU=";
   };
 
   dontBuild = true;
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     cp thirdparties/urlhaus-filter/*.txt $out/share/filters
   '';
 
-  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script {
+    # XXX(2024/05/26): why does `--version unstable` not work, but `--version branch` *does*??
+    extraArgs = [ "--version" "branch" ];
+  };
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets";