diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/an/anydesk/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/an/anydesk/package.nix
index 5e0d5804dbf2..28c2e9e83788 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/an/anydesk/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/an/anydesk/package.nix
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
   fetchurl,
   makeWrapper,
   makeDesktopItem,
-  genericUpdater,
   writeShellScript,
+  jq,
   atk,
   cairo,
   gdk-pixbuf,
@@ -164,24 +164,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   passthru = {
-    updateScript = genericUpdater {
-      versionLister =
-        let
-          arch =
-            if system == "x86_64-linux" then
-              "amd64"
-            else if system == "aarch64-linux" then
-              "arm64"
-            else
-              throw "cannot update AnyDesk on ${system}";
-        in
-        writeShellScript "anydesk-versionLister" ''
-          curl -s https://anydesk.com/en/downloads/linux \
-            | grep "https://[a-z0-9._/-]*-${arch}.tar.gz" -o \
-            | uniq \
-            | sed 's,.*/anydesk-\(.*\)-${arch}.tar.gz,\1,g'
-        '';
-    };
+    updateScript = ./update.sh;
   };
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/an/anydesk/pin.json b/pkgs/by-name/an/anydesk/pin.json
index be59d275a145..5c5c41eb883e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/an/anydesk/pin.json
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/an/anydesk/pin.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "8.0.2",
-  "x86_64-linux": "sha256-6noMPfe0x6kx/whyd66qcmk7WhEivx3xK5q58Se9Ij0=",
-  "aarch64-linux": "sha256-wfY+OCx9OyLCmiA29RjnYzcg/pApMIXWT5UrcdcyRYM="
+  "version": "8.0.3",
+  "x86_64-linux": "sha256-Mjl17hh5A/pwRAi7giL1SJYlQ61O0SXX+KeH8STZ4bs=",
+  "aarch64-linux": "sha256-MhAj5cy81uBMoNeFPvOyhBOlJzBgNRHXyCXrpdvF8nE="
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/an/anydesk/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/an/anydesk/update.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..166540cf7b8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/an/anydesk/update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env -S nix shell nixpkgs#curl nixpkgs#jq nixpkgs#nix --command bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+directory="$(dirname $0 | xargs realpath)"
+
+new_version=$(
+  curl -s https://rpm.anydesk.com/rhel/x86_64/Packages/ \
+    | grep -oP 'anydesk_\K[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(?=-[0-9]+_x86_64\.rpm)' \
+    | sort -V \
+    | tail -1
+)
+
+old_version=$(jq -r '.version' "$directory/pin.json")
+
+if [[ "$new_version" == "$old_version" ]]; then
+  echo "anydesk is already up to date ($old_version)"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "Updating anydesk: $old_version -> $new_version"
+
+hash_amd64=$(nix hash to-sri --type sha256 \
+  "$(nix-prefetch-url --type sha256 \
+    "https://download.anydesk.com/linux/anydesk-${new_version}-amd64.tar.gz")")
+
+hash_arm64=$(nix hash to-sri --type sha256 \
+  "$(nix-prefetch-url --type sha256 \
+    "https://download.anydesk.com/rpi/anydesk-${new_version}-arm64.tar.gz")")
+
+cat > "$directory/pin.json" << EOF
+{
+  "version": "$new_version",
+  "x86_64-linux": "$hash_amd64",
+  "aarch64-linux": "$hash_arm64"
+}
+EOF
+
+cat "$directory/pin.json"