diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/yo/yo/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/yo/yo/package.nix
index 92debbdcc52d..f8dd66a02a15 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/yo/yo/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/yo/yo/package.nix
@@ -1,43 +1,36 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildNpmPackage,
-  fetchNpmDeps,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  versionCheckHook,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
-buildNpmPackage rec {
+buildNpmPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "yo";
-  version = "5.1.0";
+  version = "7.0.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "yeoman";
     repo = "yo";
-    tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-twV5vmQ5loR8j9guf0w5DG4sU4BQYz22GjqjsUkqE4U=";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-tTT+KjJ8Fol2IjPzuWpkd3SymODe8Jmge9sreSxBU5M=";
   };
 
-  # needed to fix https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/367282
-  # once yo gets a new lockfile upstream, we can go back to regular
-  # `npmDepsHash` and remove the `postPatch`.
-  npmDeps = fetchNpmDeps {
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "yeoman";
-      repo = "yo";
-      rev = "96ebb14020a7f3f10699b3f88eadfa063a9e6b07";
-      hash = "sha256-wMxH9Er+gb6rsSEgmH0zA4d6yvP2PSpsV+A0nBTIxBI=";
-    };
-    hash = "sha256-7TAH4Im+H7fbjI0xUxYZficcFQNZbweK2U0hGCZV+lQ=";
-  };
-
-  postPatch = "cp -v ${npmDeps.src}/package-lock.json ./package-lock.json";
+  npmDepsHash = "sha256-bBGGZ5O4Nkw+nMZ5VAz7wjm8tIrCCvtv6TaXTwUCLPk=";
 
   dontNpmBuild = true;
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
   meta = {
     description = "CLI tool for running Yeoman generators";
     homepage = "https://github.com/yeoman/yo";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
     mainProgram = "yo";
-    maintainers = [ ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ chillcicada ];
   };
-}
+})