diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/md/mdbook-linkcheck2/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/md/mdbook-linkcheck2/package.nix
index dc9ae64f3899..f9284f9497b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/md/mdbook-linkcheck2/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/md/mdbook-linkcheck2/package.nix
@@ -2,25 +2,39 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   rustPlatform,
-  testers,
-  mdbook-linkcheck2,
+  cacert,
+  versionCheckHook,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
+
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "mdbook-linkcheck2";
   version = "0.12.2";
 
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "marxin";
     repo = "mdbook-linkcheck2";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-D0pteKtmBDkqcaonbNzL6tyo97x+qQhn6oY88+4VGFE=";
+    hash = "sha256-D0pteKtmBDkqcaonbNzL6tyo97x+qQhn6oY88+4VGFE=";
   };
 
   cargoHash = "sha256-XY1epCro/BqHm95HVP1eK0oVLSPYjD2hU7IdiEkgNMM=";
 
-  doCheck = false; # tries to access network to test broken web link functionality
+  propagatedNativeBuildInputs = [ cacert ];
 
-  passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion { package = mdbook-linkcheck2; };
+  checkFlags = map (t: "--skip=${t}") [
+    "check_all_links_in_a_valid_book"
+    "correctly_find_broken_links"
+  ];
+
+  # see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/531531#pullrequestreview-4492334034
+  # should be dropped in the next update
+  doInstallCheck = false;
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = {
     description = "Backend for mdbook which will check your links for you";