diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ku/kubebuilder/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ku/kubebuilder/package.nix
index 5378578a23ed..bf5cfc30e6e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ku/kubebuilder/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ku/kubebuilder/package.nix
@@ -8,36 +8,32 @@
   gnumake,
   installShellFiles,
   testers,
-  kubebuilder,
 }:
 
 buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "kubebuilder";
-  version = "4.10.1";
+  version = "4.13.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "kubernetes-sigs";
     repo = "kubebuilder";
     rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-GAHuaUVtdLvyWNeOxu46+IOw2Mf42z3yUjZNiyeE1xs=";
+    hash = "sha256-WOqrQb2haoEp57OHFo1Y1fon0lJedI/hEYKE4xrIbpM=";
   };
 
-  vendorHash = "sha256-NsD2yt73+uRitegezTWwBhF0iMCQ8XhDf6WM/j7kT0o=";
+  vendorHash = "sha256-1lbf1hXJfhdTu6Gm7dcbJlB3beITxBD83gMltZgg7Pg=";
 
   subPackages = [
-    "cmd"
+    "internal/cli/cmd"
     "."
   ];
 
   allowGoReference = true;
 
-  ldflags = [
-    "-X sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v4/cmd.kubeBuilderVersion=v${finalAttrs.version}"
-    "-X sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v4/cmd.goos=${go.GOOS}"
-    "-X sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v4/cmd.goarch=${go.GOARCH}"
-    "-X sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v4/cmd.gitCommit=unknown"
-    "-X sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v4/cmd.buildDate=unknown"
-  ];
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace internal/cli/version/version.go \
+      --replace-fail "return main.Version" 'return "v${finalAttrs.version}"'
+  '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     makeWrapper
@@ -62,8 +58,8 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
-    command = "${kubebuilder}/bin/kubebuilder version";
-    package = kubebuilder;
+    command = "${finalAttrs.finalPackage}/bin/kubebuilder version";
+    package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
     version = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
   };