diff --git a/packages/erlang/build.sh b/packages/erlang/build.sh
index 826b1511e4..4a5633e6a6 100644
--- a/packages/erlang/build.sh
+++ b/packages/erlang/build.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ termux_pkg_auto_update() {
 	tag="$(termux_github_api_get_tag "${TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL}")"
 	# check if this is not an intermediate release candidate:
 	if grep -qP "^OTP-${TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_VERSION_REGEXP}\$" <<<"$tag"; then
-		termux_pkg_upgrade_version "$tag"
+		pkg_dir=$(dirname "$0") termux_pkg_upgrade_version "$tag"
 	else
 		echo "WARNING: Skipping auto-update: Not stable release($tag)"
 	fi
diff --git a/packages/libmsgpack-cxx/build.sh b/packages/libmsgpack-cxx/build.sh
index d88b60fe67..3db7f9e617 100644
--- a/packages/libmsgpack-cxx/build.sh
+++ b/packages/libmsgpack-cxx/build.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ termux_pkg_auto_update() {
 	tag="$(termux_github_api_get_tag "${TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL}")"
 	# check if this is not a c release:
 	if grep -qP "^cpp-${TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_VERSION_REGEXP}\$" <<<"$tag"; then
-		termux_pkg_upgrade_version "$tag"
+		pkg_dir=$(dirname "$0") termux_pkg_upgrade_version "$tag"
 	else
 		echo "WARNING: Skipping auto-update: Not a cpp release($tag)"
 	fi
diff --git a/packages/libmsgpack/build.sh b/packages/libmsgpack/build.sh
index 3b294edba2..6bcb195223 100644
--- a/packages/libmsgpack/build.sh
+++ b/packages/libmsgpack/build.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ termux_pkg_auto_update() {
 	tag="$(termux_github_api_get_tag "${TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL}")"
 	# check if this is not a c++ release:
 	if grep -qP "^c-${TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_VERSION_REGEXP}\$" <<<"$tag"; then
-		termux_pkg_upgrade_version "$tag"
+		pkg_dir=$(dirname "$0") termux_pkg_upgrade_version "$tag"
 	else
 		echo "WARNING: Skipping auto-update: Not a C release($tag)"
 	fi
diff --git a/packages/neovim-nightly/build.sh b/packages/neovim-nightly/build.sh
index 607e7ec7b9..3b4bd8ee15 100644
--- a/packages/neovim-nightly/build.sh
+++ b/packages/neovim-nightly/build.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ termux_pkg_auto_update() {
 
 	# since we are using a nightly build, therefore no need to check for version increment/decrement.
 	if [ "${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}" != "${remote_nvim_version}" ]; then
-		termux_pkg_upgrade_version "${remote_nvim_version}" --skip-version-check
+		pkg_dir=$(dirname "$0") termux_pkg_upgrade_version "${remote_nvim_version}" --skip-version-check
 	else
 		echo "INFO: No update available."
 	fi
diff --git a/scripts/bin/update-packages b/scripts/bin/update-packages
index e30c2598cb..83e6a5432c 100755
--- a/scripts/bin/update-packages
+++ b/scripts/bin/update-packages
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ _update() {
 	# Only update if auto update is enabled.
 	if [[ "${TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE}" == "true" ]]; then
 		echo "INFO: Updating ${TERMUX_PKG_NAME} [Current version: ${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}]..."
-		termux_pkg_auto_update
+		pkg_dir=${pkg_dir} termux_pkg_auto_update
 		echo # Newline.
 	fi
 }
diff --git a/scripts/updates/utils/termux_pkg_upgrade_version.sh b/scripts/updates/utils/termux_pkg_upgrade_version.sh
index ca1b4954a1..22302b7f78 100755
--- a/scripts/updates/utils/termux_pkg_upgrade_version.sh
+++ b/scripts/updates/utils/termux_pkg_upgrade_version.sh
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ termux_pkg_upgrade_version() {
 	if [[ "$#" -lt 1 ]]; then
 		# Show usage.
 		termux_error_exit <<-EndUsage
-			Usage: ${FUNCNAME[0]} /path/to/build.sh  LATEST_VERSION [--skip-version-check]
+			Usage: ${FUNCNAME[0]} LATEST_VERSION [--skip-version-check]
 		EndUsage
 	fi
 
-	local LATEST_VERSION="$2"
-	local SKIP_VERSION_CHECK="${3:-}"
-	local PKG_DIR=${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}/$(dirname $1)
+	local LATEST_VERSION="$1"
+	local SKIP_VERSION_CHECK="${2:-}"
+	local PKG_DIR
+	PKG_DIR="${pkg_dir}"
 
 	local EPOCH
 	EPOCH="${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION%%:*}" # If there is no epoch, this will be the full version.