diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/brave/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/brave/default.nix
index c1926820ece1..03f451cb382f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/brave/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/brave/default.nix
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       ln -sf ${xdg_utils}/bin/xdg-mime $out/opt/brave.com/brave/xdg-mime
   '';
 
+  passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "https://brave.com/";
     description = "Privacy-oriented browser for Desktop and Laptop computers";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/brave/update.sh b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/brave/update.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..b7d974ad259d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/brave/update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p curl gnused common-updater-scripts
+
+version="$(curl -sL https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages | sed -r -n 's/^Version: (.*)/\1/p' | head -n1)"
+update-source-version brave "$version"