diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/unstable.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/unstable.nix
index e62805867504..350424747e88 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/unstable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/unstable.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, fetchFromGitHub, unstableGitUpdater }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "patchelf";
-  version = "2021-11-16";
+  version = "unstable-2022-02-21";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "NixOS";
     repo = "patchelf";
-    rev = "a174cf3006baf31e0e9eaa62bc9adead93af63f7";
-    sha256 = "sha256-cKZ4DE70R5XiIqfnIVAl2s7a1bJxaaPpuCmxs3pxFRU=";
+    rev = "a35054504293f9ff64539850d1ed0bfd2f5399f2";
+    sha256 = "sha256-/hD/abmzWSkDhAWPLHiLQQ9cwJF8oFDuovNzRqs3Bho=";
   };
 
   # Drop test that fails on musl (?)
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
 
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = unstableGitUpdater {
+      url = "https://github.com/NixOS/patchelf.git";
+    };
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/NixOS/patchelf";
     license = licenses.gpl3;