diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/cypress/default.nix b/pkgs/development/web/cypress/default.nix
index e05a320f63b..a4046c37abe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/cypress/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/cypress/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1m52v6hhblrjji9c5885bn5qq0xlaw36krbmqfac7fhgsxmkxd2h";
   };
 
+  passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;
+
   # don't remove runtime deps
   dontPatchELF = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/cypress/update.sh b/pkgs/development/web/cypress/update.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..f8389b517c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/cypress/update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p common-updater-scripts curl jq
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+basedir="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+version="$(curl -sL https://cdn.cypress.io/desktop/ | jq '.version' --raw-output)"
+
+cd "$basedir"
+update-source-version cypress "$version"