diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/crystalline/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/crystalline/default.nix
index b9e36fb47a46..4eab73ff580a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/crystalline/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/crystalline/default.nix
@@ -8,18 +8,17 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  version = "0.15.0";
-in
-crystal.buildCrystalPackage {
-  pname = "crystalline";
-  inherit version;
-
+  version = "0.17.1";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "elbywan";
     repo = "crystalline";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-6ZAogEuOJH1QQ6NSJ+8KZUSFSgQAcvd4U9vWNAGix/M=";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-SIfInDY6KhEwEPZckgobOrpKXBDDd0KhQt/IjdGBhWo=";
   };
+in
+crystal.buildCrystalPackage {
+  pname = "crystalline";
+  inherit version src;
 
   format = "crystal";
   shardsFile = ./shards.nix;
@@ -31,6 +30,12 @@ crystal.buildCrystalPackage {
   ];
   env.LLVM_CONFIG = lib.getExe' (lib.getDev llvmPackages.llvm) "llvm-config";
 
+  preConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace "./src/crystalline/main.cr" \
+      --replace-fail '`shards version #{__DIR__}`' '"${version}"' \
+      --replace-fail 'system("git rev-parse --short HEAD || echo unknown").stringify' '"${src.rev}"'
+  '';
+
   doCheck = false;
   doInstallCheck = false;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/crystalline/shards.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/crystalline/shards.nix
index 2e53527fd0b8..b0aec75192d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/crystalline/shards.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/crystalline/shards.nix
@@ -1,27 +1,22 @@
 {
-  bisect = {
+  "bisect" = {
     url = "https://github.com/spider-gazelle/bisect.git";
     rev = "v1.2.1";
     sha256 = "1ddz7fag1l65m6g0vw6xa96yv00rdwjj2z69k26rvyz37qk9ccqg";
   };
-  lsp = {
+  "lsp" = {
     url = "https://github.com/elbywan/crystal-lsp.git";
     rev = "v0.1.2";
     sha256 = "0knw8xaq3ssyb34w77a390j79m4w6bks5hlwr8m8fci2gq9a0r6z";
   };
-  priority-queue = {
+  "priority-queue" = {
     url = "https://github.com/spider-gazelle/priority-queue.git";
     rev = "v1.0.1";
     sha256 = "1rkppd8win4yalxcvsxikqcq6sw0npdqjajqbj57m78bzlxpyjv6";
   };
-  sentry = {
+  "sentry" = {
     url = "https://github.com/samueleaton/sentry.git";
     rev = "e448ce83486f99ef016c311e10ec0cac805cded3";
     sha256 = "13yp7805xpd605jpfpb3srqb0psy25w7n6x9mpkcyvzhqmpnpfyq";
   };
-  version_from_shard = {
-    url = "https://github.com/hugopl/version_from_shard.git";
-    rev = "v1.2.5";
-    sha256 = "0xizj0q4rd541rwjbx04cjifc2gfx4l5v6q2y7gmd0ndjmkgb8ik";
-  };
 }