diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 12671f60e..c73a09d55 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ consumption to do the same tasks.
 Detailed list of changes
 -------------------------------------
 
+0.46.1 [future]
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Fix a regression that broke ``kitten update-self`` (:iss:`9642`)
+
 0.46.0 [2026-03-11]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9ba503dd7..5ea2eac0f 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1286,11 +1286,12 @@ def build_static_kittens(
     cmd = go + ['build', '-v']
     vcs_rev = args.vcs_rev or get_vcs_rev()
     ld_flags: List[str] = []
-    binary_data_flags = [f"-X kitty.VCSRevision={vcs_rev}"]
+    modpath = 'github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty'
+    binary_data_flags = [f"-X {modpath}.VCSRevision={vcs_rev}"]
     if for_freeze:
-        binary_data_flags.append("-X kitty.IsFrozenBuild=true")
+        binary_data_flags.append(f"-X {modpath}.IsFrozenBuild=true")
     if for_platform:
-        binary_data_flags.append("-X kitty.IsStandaloneBuild=true")
+        binary_data_flags.append(f"-X {modpath}.IsStandaloneBuild=true")
     if not args.debug:
         ld_flags.append('-s')
         ld_flags.append('-w')