diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/re/renode-unstable/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/re/renode-unstable/package.nix
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index 000000000000..d778a7c00fa8
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+++ b/pkgs/by-name/re/renode-unstable/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  nix-update-script,
+  renode,
+  ...
+}:
+renode.overrideAttrs (old: rec {
+  pname = "renode-unstable";
+  version = "1.16.0-unstable-2025-08-08";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "renode";
+    repo = "renode";
+    rev = "194d90650a9337a05cd81e8855474773d23d4396";
+    hash = "sha256-oRtbjup5RKbVzKMTa0yiY1gGhDqUrQ4N3SgwQ7lm8Ho=";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+  };
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace tools/building/createAssemblyInfo.sh \
+      --replace CURRENT_INFORMATIONAL_VERSION="`git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD`" \
+      CURRENT_INFORMATIONAL_VERSION="${builtins.substring 0 8 src.rev}"
+  '';
+
+  passthru = old.passthru // {
+    updateScript = nix-update-script {
+      extraArgs = [
+        "--version=branch"
+      ];
+    };
+  };
+})