diff --git a/pkgs/games/nile/default.nix b/pkgs/games/nile/default.nix
index b83eda87f934..18d1d3c28ae5 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/nile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/nile/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "nile";
-  version = "unstable-2024-03-09";
+  version = "1.0.2-unstable-2024-03-09";
   format = "pyproject";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
@@ -56,5 +56,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ aidalgol ];
   };
 
-  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater {
+    tagPrefix = "v";
+  };
 }