diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/data.json b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/data.json
index bd07773f0de6..aa5338ea7c6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/data.json
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/data.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   "passthru": {
     "GITALY_SERVER_VERSION": "13.10.2",
     "GITLAB_PAGES_VERSION": "1.36.0",
-    "GITLAB_SHELL_VERSION": "13.17.0"
+    "GITLAB_SHELL_VERSION": "13.17.0",
+    "GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION": "13.10.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/update.py b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/update.py
index b84846c88abd..993dad08ec6e 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/update.py
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab/update.py
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ class GitLabRepo:
 
         passthru = {v: self.get_file(v, rev).strip() for v in ['GITALY_SERVER_VERSION', 'GITLAB_PAGES_VERSION',
                                                                'GITLAB_SHELL_VERSION']}
+
+        passthru["GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION"] = version
+
         return dict(version=self.rev2version(rev),
                     repo_hash=self.get_git_hash(rev),
                     owner=self.owner,
@@ -186,7 +189,7 @@ def update_gitlab_shell():
 def update_gitlab_workhorse():
     """Update gitlab-workhorse"""
     data = _get_data_json()
-    gitlab_workhorse_version = data['version']
+    gitlab_workhorse_version = data['passthru']['GITLAB_WORKHORSE_VERSION']
     _call_nix_update('gitlab-workhorse', gitlab_workhorse_version)