diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/gitaly/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/gitaly/default.nix
index c74e88cce0fa..67a911c03d95 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/gitaly/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/gitaly/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ let
   commonOpts = {
     inherit version;
 
+    # nixpkgs-update: no auto update
     src = fetchFromGitLab {
       owner = "gitlab-org";
       repo = "gitaly";