diff --git a/anda/desktops/noctalia-qs/VERSION_qt6-qtbase.txt b/anda/desktops/noctalia-qs/VERSION_qt6-qtbase.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fac714a322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/anda/desktops/noctalia-qs/VERSION_qt6-qtbase.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+6.11.1
diff --git a/anda/desktops/noctalia-qs/anda.hcl b/anda/desktops/noctalia-qs/anda.hcl
index 2f51b5f5ef..96830e8080 100644
--- a/anda/desktops/noctalia-qs/anda.hcl
+++ b/anda/desktops/noctalia-qs/anda.hcl
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 project pkg {
-  rpm {
-    spec = "noctalia-qs.spec"
-  }
+    rpm {
+        spec = "noctalia-qs.spec"
+    }
+    labels {
+        updbranch = 1
+    }
 }
diff --git a/anda/desktops/noctalia-qs/noctalia-qs.spec b/anda/desktops/noctalia-qs/noctalia-qs.spec
index 8a86ee7e39..ad9bc942a9 100644
--- a/anda/desktops/noctalia-qs/noctalia-qs.spec
+++ b/anda/desktops/noctalia-qs/noctalia-qs.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:	       noctalia-qs
 Version:       0.0.12
-Release:       4%{?dist}
+Release:       5%{?dist}
 Summary:       Flexible QtQuick based desktop shell toolkit
 License:       LGPL-3.0-only AND GPL-3.0-only
 URL:	       https://github.com/noctalia-dev/noctalia-qs
@@ -73,11 +73,14 @@ Flexible QtQuick based desktop shell toolkit.
 %{_libdir}/qt6/qml/Quickshell
 
 %changelog
+* Thu May 21 2026  Willow C Reed <terra@willowidk.dev>
+- Add update script so that release bumps when Qt updates its minor version, triggering a rebuild
+
 * Sun Mar 29 2026 Willow C Reed <terra@willowidk.dev>
 - Add provides for a polkit agent and desktop notification daemon (so gnome doesn't get installed)
 
 * Thu Mar 05 2026 Willow C Reed <terra@willowidk.dev>
-- Fix reision to actually be defined as a specific git commit since it never gets initialized rn
+- Fix revision to actually be defined as a specific git commit since it never gets initialized rn
 - Also fix that noctalia-qs is replacing quickshell overall and not just for noctlaia users
 
 * Fri Feb 27 2026 Willow C Reed <terra@willowidk.dev>
diff --git a/anda/desktops/noctalia-qs/update.rhai b/anda/desktops/noctalia-qs/update.rhai
index 7872e1741f..d54c2b9e2d 100644
--- a/anda/desktops/noctalia-qs/update.rhai
+++ b/anda/desktops/noctalia-qs/update.rhai
@@ -1,7 +1,19 @@
-let release = get(`https://api.github.com/repos/noctalia-dev/noctalia-qs/tags`).json_arr()[0];
+import "andax/bump_extras.rhai" as bump;
+import "andax/spec.rhai" as spec;
 
-rpm.version(release.name);
+let version = find(`quickshell VERSION "([\d.]+)"`, gh_rawfile("noctalia-dev/noctalia-qs", "master", "CMakeLists.txt"), 1);
+
+rpm.version(version);
 
 if rpm.changed() {
-  rpm.global("commit", release.commit.sha);
+  let commit = get(`https://api.github.com/repos/noctalia-dev/noctalia-qs/tags`).json_arr()[0].commit.sha;
+  rpm.global("commit", commit);
+}
+
+open_file("anda/desktops/noctalia-qs/VERSION_qt6-qtbase.txt", "w").write(bump::bodhi("qt6-qtbase", bump::as_bodhi_ver(labels.branch))); // will trig rebuild when changed
+
+let dir = sub(`/[^/]+$`, "", __script_path);
+if sh("[[ `git status " + dir + " --porcelain` ]] && exit 1 || exit 0", #{}).ctx.rc == 1 {
+    let rel = spec::get_release(rpm).parse_int();
+    rpm.release(rel + 1);
 }
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