1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/spacy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/spacy/default.nix
index 4fd3594b882..43e9ab052d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/spacy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/spacy/default.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
 , typer
 , typing-extensions
 , wasabi
+, writeScript
+, stdenv
+, nix
+, git
+, nix-update
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -85,7 +90,19 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "spacy"
   ];
 
-  passthru.tests.annotation = callPackage ./annotation-test { };
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = writeScript "update-spacy" ''
+    #!${stdenv.shell}
+    set -eou pipefail
+    PATH=${lib.makeBinPath [ nix git nix-update ]}
+
+    nix-update python3Packages.spacy
+
+    # update spacy models as well
+    echo | nix-shell maintainers/scripts/update.nix --argstr package python3Packages.spacy_models.en_core_web_sm
+    '';
+    tests.annotation = callPackage ./annotation-test { };
+  };
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Industrial-strength Natural Language Processing (NLP)";