diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8ae6b21f..3540f038 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,14 @@ the following:
 ```nix
 {
   description = "NixOS configuration with flakes";
-  inputs.nixos-hardware.url = "github:NixOS/nixos-hardware";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "https://channels.nixos.org/nixos-unstable/nixexprs.tar.xz";
+    nixos-hardware = {
+      url = "github:nixos/nixos-hardware";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+  };
 
   outputs = { self, nixpkgs, nixos-hardware }: {
     # replace <your-hostname> with your actual hostname
diff --git a/hardkernel/odroid-m1/README.md b/hardkernel/odroid-m1/README.md
index 18bc0cfa..1dcb0716 100644
--- a/hardkernel/odroid-m1/README.md
+++ b/hardkernel/odroid-m1/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ To create an initial SD card image for installation:
 {
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
-    nixos-hardware.url = "github:nixos/nixos-hardware";
+    nixos-hardware = {
+      url = "github:nixos/nixos-hardware";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
   };
   outputs = { self, nixpkgs, nixos-hardware }: rec {
     nixosConfigurations.m1 = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
@@ -81,7 +84,10 @@ flake:
 {
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
-    nixos-hardware.url = "github:nixos/nixos-hardware";
+    nixos-hardware = {
+      url = "github:nixos/nixos-hardware";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
   };
   outputs = { nixpkgs, nixos-hardware, ... }: {
     nixosConfigurations.m1 = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
diff --git a/milkv/pioneer/README.md b/milkv/pioneer/README.md
index 625c9994..c361e475 100644
--- a/milkv/pioneer/README.md
+++ b/milkv/pioneer/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ Create and customize a `flake.nix` file:
 {
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
-    nixos-hardware.url = "github:nixos/nixos-hardware";
+    nixos-hardware = {
+      url = "github:nixos/nixos-hardware"; 
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
   };
 
   outputs = { nixpkgs, nixos-hardware, ... }:
diff --git a/mnt/reform/rk3588/README.md b/mnt/reform/rk3588/README.md
index ec6da6b6..90eee001 100644
--- a/mnt/reform/rk3588/README.md
+++ b/mnt/reform/rk3588/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ Create and configure the `flake.nix` file:
 ``` nix
 {
   inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
-  inputs.nixos-hardware.url = "github:nixos/nixos-hardware";
+  inputs.nixos-hardware = {
+    url = "github:nixos/nixos-hardware"; 
+    inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+  };
   inputs.flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
 
   outputs = { self, nixpkgs, nixos-hardware, flake-utils, ... }:
diff --git a/pine64/star64/README.md b/pine64/star64/README.md
index f74da945..5ebc13fa 100644
--- a/pine64/star64/README.md
+++ b/pine64/star64/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ Create and configure the `flake.nix` file:
 ``` nix
 {
   inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
-  inputs.nixos-hardware.url = "github:nixos/nixos-hardware";
+  inputs.nixos-hardware = {
+    url = "github:nixos/nixos-hardware"; 
+    inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+  };
 
 
   outputs = { self, nixpkgs, nixos-hardware, ... }:
diff --git a/radxa/README.md b/radxa/README.md
index 484f2b3f..7749eb01 100644
--- a/radxa/README.md
+++ b/radxa/README.md
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Below is an annoated flake example to create the initial boot image.
     disko.url = "github:nix-community/disko";
     disko.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     nixos-hardware.url = "github:NixOS/nixos-hardware";
+    nixos-hardware.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-24.11";
     nixpkgs-unfree.url = "github:numtide/nixpkgs-unfree/nixos-unstable";
   };
diff --git a/starfive/visionfive/v2/README.md b/starfive/visionfive/v2/README.md
index 6ceb59bb..12ed4f5a 100644
--- a/starfive/visionfive/v2/README.md
+++ b/starfive/visionfive/v2/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ Create and configure the `flake.nix` file:
 ``` nix
 {
   inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
-  inputs.nixos-hardware.url = "github:nixos/nixos-hardware";
+  inputs.nixos-hardware = {
+    url = "github:nixos/nixos-hardware";
+    inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+  };
 
   # Some dependencies of this flake are not yet available on non linux systems
   inputs.systems.url = "github:nix-systems/x86_64-linux";