diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/update-users-groups.pl b/nixos/modules/config/update-users-groups.pl
index ddd7efd82f7..86107abae36 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/update-users-groups.pl
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/update-users-groups.pl
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ my $gidMap = -e $gidMapFile ? decode_json(read_file($gidMapFile)) : {};
 
 sub updateFile {
     my ($path, $contents, $perms) = @_;
-    write_file("$path.tmp", { binmode => ':utf8', perms => $perms // 0644 }, $contents);
-    rename("$path.tmp", $path) or die;
+    write_file($path, { atomic => 1, binmode => ':utf8', perms => $perms // 0644 }, $contents) or die;
 }