diff --git a/build_files/utils/make_update.py b/build_files/utils/make_update.py
index 3cd429d2568..825468891d8 100755
--- a/build_files/utils/make_update.py
+++ b/build_files/utils/make_update.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def get_effective_architecture(args: argparse.Namespace) -> str:
         architecture = platform.machine().lower()
 
     # Normalize the architecture name.
-    if architecture == 'x86_64':
+    if architecture in ("x86_64", "amd64"):
         architecture = "x64"
 
     assert (architecture in ("x64", "arm64"))