diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/an/anytype/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/an/anytype/package.nix
index 5a6135a4f3f9..58195f1454b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/an/anytype/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/an/anytype/package.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
-{ lib, fetchurl, appimageTools, makeWrapper, commandLineArgs ? "" }:
+{
+  lib,
+  fetchurl,
+  appimageTools,
+  makeWrapper,
+  nix-update-script,
+  commandLineArgs ? "",
+}:
 
 let
   pname = "anytype";
-  version = "0.43.8";
+  version = "0.44.0";
   name = "Anytype-${version}";
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/anyproto/anytype-ts/releases/download/v${version}/${name}.AppImage";
-    hash = "sha256-inqJvx5K/k97X50E0FYlzJDKqrVjAU6ZKIVdCWHr8NI=";
+    hash = "sha256-+Ae0xH6ipNZgIVrrAmgeG8bibm/I3NLiDMzS+fwf9RQ=";
   };
   appimageContents = appimageTools.extractType2 { inherit pname version src; };
-in appimageTools.wrapType2 {
+in
+appimageTools.wrapType2 {
   inherit pname version src;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
@@ -29,6 +37,17 @@ in appimageTools.wrapType2 {
     done
   '';
 
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script {
+    # Prevent updating to versions with '-' in them.
+    # Necessary since Anytype uses Electron-based 'MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH(-{alpha,beta})?' versioning scheme where each
+    #  {alpha,beta} version increases the PATCH version, releasing a new full release version in GitHub instead of a
+    #  pre-release version.
+    extraArgs = [
+      "--version-regex"
+      "[^-]*"
+    ];
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "P2P note-taking tool";
     homepage = "https://anytype.io/";