diff --git a/crates/goose-cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/goose-cli/Cargo.toml
index 6f573d97eb..2320527942 100644
--- a/crates/goose-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/goose-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ urlencoding = "2.1"
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
 winapi = { version = "0.3", features = ["wincred"] }
 
+[features]
+# disables the update command
+disable-update = []
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3"
diff --git a/crates/goose-cli/src/commands/update.rs b/crates/goose-cli/src/commands/update.rs
index 4ee520323b..0b2db399bd 100644
--- a/crates/goose-cli/src/commands/update.rs
+++ b/crates/goose-cli/src/commands/update.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-use std::process::Command;
-
 use anyhow::Result;
+use std::process::Command;
 
 const DOWNLOAD_SCRIPT_URL: &str =
     "https://github.com/block/goose/releases/download/stable/download_cli.sh";
 
 pub fn update(canary: bool, reconfigure: bool) -> Result<()> {
+    if cfg!(feature = "disable-update") {
+        anyhow::bail!("This command is disabled");
+    };
+
     // Get the download script from github
     let curl_output = Command::new("curl")
         .arg("-fsSL")