diff --git a/nuclei.yaml b/nuclei.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f4fd56769b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nuclei.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package:
+  name: nuclei
+  version: 2.9.7
+  epoch: 0
+  description: "yaml based vulnerability scanner"
+  copyright:
+    - license: MIT
+
+environment:
+  contents:
+    packages:
+      - go
+
+pipeline:
+  - uses: go/install
+    with:
+      package: github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/cmd/nuclei
+      version: v${{package.version}}
+
+  - uses: strip
+
+update:
+  enabled: true
+  github:
+    strip-prefix: v
+    identifier: projectdiscovery/nuclei
diff --git a/packages.txt b/packages.txt
index 9f80c40fc33..8ae67992ca5 100644
--- a/packages.txt
+++ b/packages.txt
@@ -831,3 +831,4 @@ k3s
 gobuster
 runit
 ipset
+nuclei