diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ph/phlare/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ph/phlare/package.nix
index b1290953a852..96c1a33fa74b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ph/phlare/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ph/phlare/package.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
-
-buildGoModule rec {
+{
+  lib,
+  buildGo122Module,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+}:
+# breaks in go 1.23 with `invalid reference to runtime.aeskeysched`
+# won't be fixed upstream since the repository is archived.
+buildGo122Module rec {
   pname = "phlare";
   version = "0.6.1";
 
@@ -14,17 +19,20 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   proxyVendor = true;
   vendorHash = "sha256-l7+iDT9GAP9BX+xKvnx57iVF8wCM1YyHwq6dD9PbTDI=";
 
-  ldflags = let
-    prefix = "github.com/grafana/phlare/pkg/util/build";
-  in [
-    "-s" "-w"
-    # https://github.com/grafana/phlare/blob/v0.6.1/Makefile#L32
-    "-X ${prefix}.Version=${version}"
-    "-X ${prefix}.Branch=v${version}"
-    "-X ${prefix}.Revision=v${version}"
-    "-X ${prefix}.BuildUser=nix"
-    "-X ${prefix}.BuildDate=1980-01-01T00:00:00Z"
-  ];
+  ldflags =
+    let
+      prefix = "github.com/grafana/phlare/pkg/util/build";
+    in
+    [
+      "-s"
+      "-w"
+      # https://github.com/grafana/phlare/blob/v0.6.1/Makefile#L32
+      "-X ${prefix}.Version=${version}"
+      "-X ${prefix}.Branch=v${version}"
+      "-X ${prefix}.Revision=v${version}"
+      "-X ${prefix}.BuildUser=nix"
+      "-X ${prefix}.BuildDate=1980-01-01T00:00:00Z"
+    ];
 
   subPackages = [
     "cmd/phlare"