diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 17809f9..f531604 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - fish: detect infinite loop when using `alias cd=z`.
 - fish / Nushell / PowerShell: handle queries that look like args (e.g. `z -x`).
 - zsh: better cd completions.
+- elvish: `z -` now work as expected.
 - Lazily delete excluded directories from the database.
 
 ## [0.9.4] - 2024-02-21
diff --git a/templates/elvish.txt b/templates/elvish.txt
index 1f48a91..3de0e1d 100644
--- a/templates/elvish.txt
+++ b/templates/elvish.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ fn __zoxide_cd {|path|
 
 # Initialize hook to track previous directory.
 var oldpwd = $builtin:pwd
-set builtin:before-chdir = [$@builtin:before-chdir {|_| edit:add-var oldpwd $builtin:pwd }]
+set builtin:before-chdir = [$@builtin:before-chdir {|_| set oldpwd = $builtin:pwd }]
 
 # Initialize hook to add directories to zoxide.
 {%- if hook == InitHook::None %}