diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/ytt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/ytt/default.nix
index ebd3bf510a66..ec8c0f46cf5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/ytt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/ytt/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 { lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "ytt";
-  version = "0.41.1";
+  version = "0.42.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "vmware-tanzu";
     repo = "carvel-ytt";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-JOmDEhisJh4sezxf/Whsf1W7rn4q7C3GqmINQ/A13J0=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-D9ugW/b8k1SIUjlReLB8bk0VOSymBKYrm7tSlU2B9zg=";
   };
 
   vendorSha256 = null;
 
+  ldflags = [
+    "-X github.com/vmware-tanzu/carvel-ytt/pkg/version.Version=${version}"
+  ];
+
   subPackages = [ "cmd/ytt" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {