diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/update.sh b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/update.sh
index 3e4d90db59de..14105d71a448 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/update.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ repo=$tmpdir/repo
 trap "rm -rf $tmpdir" EXIT
 
 git clone --depth 1 --branch v${version} -c advice.detachedHead=false https://github.com/romanz/electrs $repo
+git -C $repo checkout tags/v${version}
 
 export GNUPGHOME=$tmpdir
 echo