diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/heroku/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/heroku/default.nix
index d8804020f737d8..69370e89c343cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/heroku/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/heroku/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cp -pr * $out/share/heroku
     substituteInPlace $out/share/heroku/bin/run \
       --replace "/usr/bin/env node" "${nodejs}/bin/node"
-    makeWrapper $out/share/heroku/bin/run $out/bin/heroku
+    makeWrapper $out/share/heroku/bin/run $out/bin/heroku \
+      --set HEROKU_DISABLE_AUTOUPDATE 1
   '';
 
   meta = {