diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-instances.yml b/.github/workflows/update-instances.yml
index 5cda693..ed1df77 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-instances.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-instances.yml
@@ -109,6 +109,23 @@ jobs:
 
         apply_update
 
+        # ==============================================================
+        # Nitter update
+        # ==============================================================
+        curl -s https://status.d420.de/api/v1/instances | \
+          jq '[
+            .hosts |
+            to_entries[] |
+            select(.value.healthy == true) |
+            .value.url ] |
+            sort' > nitter-tmp.json
+
+        jq --slurpfile nitter nitter-tmp.json \
+          '( .[] | select(.type == "nitter") )
+          .instances |= $nitter[0]' services-full.json > services.tmp.json
+
+        apply_update
+
         # ==============================================================
         # SimplyTranslate update
         # ==============================================================
diff --git a/lib/farside/instances.ex b/lib/farside/instances.ex
index d02a082..d0d26f6 100644
--- a/lib/farside/instances.ex
+++ b/lib/farside/instances.ex
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ defmodule Farside.Instances do
   @debug_header "======== "
   @debug_spacer "         "
 
-  # SearXNG instance uptimes are inspected as part of the nightly Farside build,
+  # These instance uptimes are inspected as part of the nightly Farside build,
   # and should not be included in the constant periodic update.
-  @skip_service_updates ["searxng"]
+  @skip_service_updates ["searxng", "nitter"]
 
   def sync() do
     File.rename(@update_file, "#{@update_file}-prev")