diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sh/shfmt/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sh/shfmt/package.nix
index 4e8073ae4840..31cfdee9097d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sh/shfmt/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sh/shfmt/package.nix
@@ -3,28 +3,35 @@
   buildGoModule,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   installShellFiles,
+  replaceVars,
   scdoc,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "shfmt";
-  version = "3.12.0";
+  version = "3.13.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "mvdan";
     repo = "sh";
     rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-3a0N5GsqZvJVx1qhsTzwtC2SBtexdXJMalerM+joNIc=";
+    hash = "sha256-VFLnQNhySXB/VE0u9u2X4jAHq+083+QjhWM7vfyxhM8=";
   };
 
-  vendorHash = "sha256-jvsX0nn9cHq2cZUrD9E1eMtOiy5I4wfpngAc+6qUbEE=";
+  vendorHash = "sha256-WLGHcmBslXJO4OKdUK7HqimdUCOtdCdK+AOdlo4hgWk=";
+
+  patches = [
+    (replaceVars ./version.patch {
+      inherit (finalAttrs) version;
+    })
+  ];
 
   subPackages = [ "cmd/shfmt" ];
 
   ldflags = [
     "-s"
     "-w"
-    "-X main.version=${finalAttrs.version}"
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -37,6 +44,10 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
     installManPage shfmt.1
   '';
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/mvdan/sh";
     description = "Shell parser and formatter";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sh/shfmt/version.patch b/pkgs/by-name/sh/shfmt/version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3c80c472d46c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sh/shfmt/version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+diff --git a/cmd/shfmt/main.go b/cmd/shfmt/main.go
+index c6c08e37..e59128ec 100644
+--- a/cmd/shfmt/main.go
++++ b/cmd/shfmt/main.go
+@@ -153,13 +153,12 @@ For more information and to report bugs, see https://github.com/mvdan/sh.
+ 	flag.Parse()
+ 
+ 	if versionFlag.val {
+-		version := "(unknown)"
++		version := "@version@"
+ 		if info, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo(); ok {
+ 			mod := &info.Main
+ 			if mod.Replace != nil {
+ 				mod = mod.Replace
+ 			}
+-			version = mod.Version
+ 		}
+ 		fmt.Println(version)
+ 		return
+diff --git a/cmd/shfmt/testdata/script/flags.txtar b/cmd/shfmt/testdata/script/flags.txtar
+index 012912cb..54305a03 100644
+--- a/cmd/shfmt/testdata/script/flags.txtar
++++ b/cmd/shfmt/testdata/script/flags.txtar
+@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ exec shfmt --help
+ stderr 'usage: shfmt'
+ 
+ exec shfmt -version
+-stdout 'devel|v3'
++stdout '@version@'
+ ! stderr .
+ 
+ exec shfmt --version
+-stdout 'devel|v3'
++stdout '@version@'
+ ! stderr .
+ 
+ ! exec shfmt -ln=bash -p