diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/td/tdlib/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/td/tdlib/package.nix
index 3ae5b281e1fb..b50b747eb35e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/td/tdlib/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/td/tdlib/package.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,27 @@
-{ fetchFromGitHub, gperf, openssl, readline, zlib, cmake, lib, stdenv }:
+{ fetchFromGitHub, gperf, openssl, readline, zlib, cmake, lib, stdenv,
+  writeShellApplication, common-updater-scripts, jq }:
+
+let
+  updateScript = writeShellApplication {
+      name = "update-tdlib";
+
+      runtimeInputs = [ jq common-updater-scripts ];
+
+      text = ''
+        commit_msg="^Update version to (?<v>\\\\d+.\\\\d+.\\\\d+)\\\\.$"
+        commit=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/tdlib/td/commits?path=CMakeLists.txt" | jq -c "map(select(.commit.message | test(\"''${commit_msg}\"))) | first")
+
+        rev=$(echo "$commit" | jq -r ".sha")
+        version=$(echo "$commit" | jq -r ".commit.message | capture(\"''${commit_msg}\") | .v")
+
+        update-source-version tdlib "$version" --rev="$rev"
+      '';
+    };
+in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "tdlib";
-  version = "1.8.38";
+  version = "1.8.39";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "tdlib";
@@ -11,8 +30,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     # The tdlib authors do not set tags for minor versions, but
     # external programs depending on tdlib constrain the minor
     # version, hence we set a specific commit with a known version.
-    rev = "d321984b75fccdb76239529e8aadcf7f80b0e35a";
-    hash = "sha256-5QNcpwW0viWUtsW7b5oSq6X0tRyup6V5CT/BNhdv6lw=";
+    rev = "056963e48fa8d3f89556239c22d6ac843d3c8a5b";
+    hash = "sha256-pQ+uYnyBTH4L6RW3MqAttx7K3z8fyEbzRy8JSjbBL98=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ gperf openssl readline zlib ];
@@ -30,6 +49,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sed -i "/vptr/d" test/CMakeLists.txt
   '';
 
+  passthru.updateScript = lib.getExe updateScript;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Cross-platform library for building Telegram clients";
     homepage = "https://core.telegram.org/tdlib/";