diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/vala-lint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/vala-lint/default.nix
index b3f4987146b8..f08d43897a22 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/vala-lint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/vala-lint/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "vala-lint";
-  version = "unstable-2023-12-05";
+  version = "0-unstable-2023-12-05";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "vala-lang";