diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/go-toml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/go-toml/default.nix
index 24b673cbf021..5f5ad595cabf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/go-toml/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/go-toml/default.nix
@@ -3,13 +3,16 @@
   buildGoModule,
   fetchFromGitHub,
 }:
-buildGoModule rec {
-  pname = "go-toml";
+let
   version = "2.2.1";
+in
+buildGoModule {
+  pname = "go-toml";
+  inherit version;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "pelletier";
-    repo = pname;
+    repo = "go-toml";
     rev = "v${version}";
     sha256 = "sha256-DAtp9ovl6cny0rom80aK+bGe9U/p6zmTQo1Z3MscCjg=";
   };
@@ -22,16 +25,21 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     "cmd/tomltestgen"
   ];
 
+  # allowGoReference adds the flag `-trimpath` which is also denoted by, go-toml's goreleaser config
+  #  <https://github.com/pelletier/go-toml/blob/a3d5a0bb530b5206c728eed9cb57323061922bcb/.goreleaser.yaml#L13>
+  allowGoReference = true;
+
   ldflags = [
     "-s"
     "-w"
+    "-X main.version=${version}"
   ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Go library for the TOML language";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pelletier/go-toml";
     changelog = "https://github.com/pelletier/go-toml/releases/tag/v${version}";
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.isabelroses ];
-    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.isabelroses ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
   };
 }