diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ve/vega-cli/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ve/vega-cli/package.nix
index d16fb6c64a87..8e639378bdf5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ve/vega-cli/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ve/vega-cli/package.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ buildNpmPackage (finalAttrs: {
 
     # Patch lerna.json to not use nx
     mv lerna.json lerna.old.json
-    jq '. + {useNx: false}' < lerna.old.json > lerna.json
+    ${jq}/bin/jq '. + {useNx: false}' < lerna.old.json > lerna.json
   '';
 
   npmDepsHash = "sha256-mBe1fHnhor7ZR8CuRNs1zD7JzaZXZI5VM7mdAieVKqE=";