diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/package.nix
index 347044035a06d..526396400d2c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/package.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
   asciidoctor,
   fetchFromRadicle,
-  git,
+  gitMinimal,
   installShellFiles,
   jq,
   lib,
-  makeWrapper,
+  makeBinaryWrapper,
   man-db,
   nixos,
   nixosTests,
@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@
   stdenv,
   testers,
   xdg-utils,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "radicle-node";
   version = "1.3.0";
-  env.RADICLE_VERSION = version;
 
   src = fetchFromRadicle {
     seed = "seed.radicle.xyz";
     repo = "z3gqcJUoA1n9HaHKufZs5FCSGazv5";
-    node = "z6MkireRatUThvd3qzfKht1S44wpm4FEWSSa4PRMTSQZ3voM";
-    tag = "v${version}";
+    tag = "releases/${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-0gK+fM/YGGpxlcR1HQixbLK0/sv+HH29h6ajEP2w2pI=";
     leaveDotGit = true;
     postFetch = ''
@@ -38,12 +38,14 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   cargoHash = "sha256-qLRFZXbVbsgMyXiljsb8lOBCDZKa17LcxWuPaUYSG70=";
 
+  env.RADICLE_VERSION = finalAttrs.version;
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     asciidoctor
     installShellFiles
-    makeWrapper
+    makeBinaryWrapper
   ];
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ git ];
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ gitMinimal ];
 
   preBuild = ''
     export GIT_HEAD=$(<$src/.git_head)
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     "--package=radicle-remote-helper"
   ];
 
-  cargoTestFlags = cargoBuildFlags;
+  cargoTestFlags = finalAttrs.cargoBuildFlags;
 
   # tests regularly time out on aarch64
   doCheck = stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86;
@@ -83,13 +85,18 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     done
   '';
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  versionCheckProgram = "${placeholder "out"}/bin/rad";
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
   postFixup = ''
     for program in $out/bin/* ;
     do
       wrapProgram "$program" \
         --prefix PATH : "${
           lib.makeBinPath [
-            git
+            gitMinimal
             man-db
             openssh
             xdg-utils
@@ -98,12 +105,12 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     done
   '';
 
+  passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;
   passthru.tests =
     let
       package = radicle-node;
     in
     {
-      version = testers.testVersion { inherit package; };
       basic =
         runCommand "${package.name}-basic-test"
           {
@@ -124,7 +131,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
             rad debug | jq -e '
                 (.sshVersion | contains("${openssh.version}"))
               and
-                (.gitVersion | contains("${git.version}"))
+                (.gitVersion | contains("${gitMinimal.version}"))
             '
 
             touch $out
@@ -163,7 +170,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       amesgen
       lorenzleutgeb
+      defelo
     ];
     mainProgram = "rad";
   };
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/update.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..b1a79b18da559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p coreutils gnused common-updater-scripts nix-update
+
+version=$(list-git-tags | tail -1 | sed 's|^releases/||')
+nix-update --version="$version" radicle-node