diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gr/gren/generated-backend-package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gr/gren/generated-backend-package.nix
index 8fe55f83067f..b3fdc1c49d84 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gr/gren/generated-backend-package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gr/gren/generated-backend-package.nix
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
 }:
 mkDerivation {
   pname = "gren";
-  version = "0.6.1";
+  version = "0.6.2";
   src = fetchgit {
     url = "https://github.com/gren-lang/compiler.git";
-    sha256 = "0h7mm3y62l3j190sd25db4bifp65xmyc4rc16jhyphp6yzyjcpcl";
-    rev = "b54f0343c8015c777e4fbb74e843181e6f3cb214";
+    sha256 = "1c0fcdc87nmm26hk6c1k4djdk7ld9488fldx8mhwayqfsx0v2d3x";
+    rev = "0343e77040f97864e5eb9790dd9ba0bb5fe1d6ee";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
   isLibrary = false;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gr/gren/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gr/gren/package.nix
index d22c8ea76703..bd04a32e701f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gr/gren/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gr/gren/package.nix
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "gren";
-  version = "0.6.1";
+  version = "0.6.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "gren-lang";
     repo = "compiler";
     tag = finalAttrs.version;
-    hash = "sha256-lF0m/ffmwuuhNIFlwnztxVwXF1mtiKZBCnJQYfyo9UA=";
+    hash = "sha256-fTSxQdcOe8VhRb1RhxBJjZ7ZZCMzMDOhEbXag1hjDrA=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
   nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
   versionCheckProgram = "${placeholder "out"}/bin/gren";
   versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "Compiler for the Gren programming language";
+    description = "Programming language for simple and correct applications";
     homepage = "https://gren-lang.org";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     mainProgram = "gren";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gr/gren/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/gr/gren/update.sh
index 6fa8db7cba0c..5c79129f4058 100755
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gr/gren/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gr/gren/update.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -i bash -p cabal2nix curl jq nixfmt-rfc-style
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p cabal2nix curl jq nix-update nixfmt-rfc-style
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@ cabal2nix 'https://github.com/gren-lang/compiler.git' --revision "${latest_versi
 nixfmt "${backend_derivation_file}"
 
 echo 'Finished backend generation.'
+
+echo "Updating frontend to version ${latest_version}"
+
+nix-update gren --version "${latest_version}"