diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vi/victoriametrics/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vi/victoriametrics/package.nix
index 1f44d8200909..a0b1ebafc8c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vi/victoriametrics/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vi/victoriametrics/package.nix
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
 
 buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "VictoriaMetrics";
-  version = "1.123.0";
+  version = "1.124.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "VictoriaMetrics";
     repo = "VictoriaMetrics";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-GUVRMlF94BaZSVfz4Z+IBSpf6WuA5o1WQQmeZAqKZ1g=";
+    hash = "sha256-f0Mf/4cFnJ/3I8z/4UhhNJnSCau9Q7mFfR32lP9/yi0=";
   };
 
   vendorHash = null;
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
     # This appears to be some kind of test server for development purposes only.
     rm -f app/vmui/packages/vmui/web/{go.mod,main.go}
 
+    # Allow older go versions
+    substituteInPlace go.mod \
+      --replace-fail "go 1.24.6" "go ${finalAttrs.passthru.go.version}"
+
     # Increase timeouts in tests to prevent failure on heavily loaded builders
     substituteInPlace lib/storage/storage_test.go \
       --replace-fail "time.After(10 " "time.After(120 " \