diff --git a/pkgs/n8n/default.nix b/pkgs/n8n/default.nix
index fa38e36..f0a30f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/n8n/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/n8n/default.nix
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
 in
   stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     pname = "n8n";
-    version = "2.17.5";
+    version = "2.17.8";
 
     src = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "n8n-io";
       repo = "n8n";
       tag = "n8n@${finalAttrs.version}";
-      hash = "sha256-JwPrQOohXXeuUEcr5S+41ZElBJ3TxR3cgT45CjbzyR4=";
+      hash = "sha256-+Fr7zYca4+3R9J77TkHTGki8oz4FrE9MNsxOaDCF2GM=";
     };
 
     pnpmDeps = fetchPnpmDeps {
diff --git a/pkgs/n8n/update.sh b/pkgs/n8n/update.sh
index 392e643..9a157a8 100755
--- a/pkgs/n8n/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/n8n/update.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,24 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell --pure -i bash -p bash curl jq nix-update cacert git
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p bash curl jq nix-update cacert git nix
 set -euo pipefail
 
 # n8n now publishes two releases per version: a "stable" tag and a "n8n@X.Y.Z" versioned tag.
 # Skip the "stable" tag and get the actual version from the next release.
-new_version="$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/n8n-io/n8n/releases" | jq --raw-output 'map(select(.tag_name != "stable")) | .[0].tag_name | ltrimstr("n8n@")')"
-nix-update n8n --flake --version "$new_version"
+# Note: We removed --pure from the shebang because nix-update needs network access to prefetch hashes.
+
+# Get the directory where this script lives (should be pkgs/n8n/)
+script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
+# Get the nixpkgs root (parent of pkgs/)
+nixpkgs_root="$(cd "$script_dir/../.." && pwd)"
+
+cd "$nixpkgs_root"
+
+release_info=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/n8n-io/n8n/releases")
+new_version=$(echo "$release_info" | jq --raw-output 'map(select(.tag_name != "stable")) | .[0].tag_name | ltrimstr("n8n@")')
+
+echo "Latest version: n8n@${new_version}"
+echo "Running from: $(pwd)"
+
+# Use --flake --system to properly evaluate the flake-based package
+nix-update --flake --system x86_64-linux n8n --version "$new_version"