diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wiki-js/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wiki-js/default.nix
index 604599c3ca1c..20fa13d1739f 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wiki-js/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wiki-js/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "wiki-js";
-  version = "2.5.298";
+  version = "2.5.299";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/Requarks/wiki/releases/download/v${version}/${pname}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-O7KQ134zh9ullYyQZimmxfdRwXeHkD8aAhy/pRzIjxo=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-GYe05dbR8RwCzPedeCMUQTWZ51roM/V2jUPPv7o7UEU=";
   };
 
   # Implements nodejs 18 support as it's not planned to fix this before
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # [1] https://github.com/requarks/wiki/discussions/6388
   # [2] https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v17.0.0
   # [3] https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v18.0.0
+  patches = [ ./drop-node-check.patch ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ jq moreutils ];
   postPatch = ''
     # Dirty hack to implement nodejs-18 support.
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wiki-js/drop-node-check.patch b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wiki-js/drop-node-check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..227649ba10d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wiki-js/drop-node-check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
+index 7cdb4f80..161ebeb7 100644
+--- a/server/index.js
++++ b/server/index.js
+@@ -8,14 +8,6 @@ const { nanoid } = require('nanoid')
+ const { DateTime } = require('luxon')
+ const { gte } = require('semver')
+ 
+-// ----------------------------------------
+-// Check Node.js version
+-// ----------------------------------------
+-if (gte(process.version, '18.0.0')) {
+-  console.error('You\'re using an unsupported Node.js version. Please read the requirements.')
+-  process.exit(1)
+-}
+-
+ // ----------------------------------------
+ // Init WIKI instance
+ // ----------------------------------------