diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gh/gh/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gh/gh/package.nix
index dfb17f621cfc..040823be21be 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gh/gh/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gh/gh/package.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   buildGoModule,
   installShellFiles,
   stdenv,
-  testers,
+  versionCheckHook,
   makeWrapper,
 }:
 
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "gh";
   version = "2.92.0";
 
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "cli";
     repo = "cli";
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
 
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
-    install -Dm755 bin/gh -t $out/bin
+    installBin bin/gh
     wrapProgram $out/bin/gh \
       --set-default GH_TELEMETRY false
   ''
@@ -55,9 +57,8 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   # most tests require network access
   doCheck = false;
 
-  passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
-    package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
-  };
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
 
   meta = {
     description = "GitHub CLI tool";