diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/temporal-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/temporal-cli/default.nix
index 0d326d5ad458..6d86bc79e6b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/temporal-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/temporal-cli/default.nix
@@ -2,21 +2,27 @@
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "temporal-cli";
-  version = "1.16.2";
+  version = "1.17.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "temporalio";
     repo = "tctl";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-KLcCFQJlFeioIhqrbkhgoNPcbAYvy1ESG8x9Y/I7+nw=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-XEN4Ntt7yHng1+3E5SlxthEWPXJ+kSx9L1GbW9bV03Y=";
   };
 
-  vendorSha256 = "sha256-kczmoP32/V0HHeC3Mr+giuMB+McVTNeC2F+t1ohY4/U=";
+  vendorSha256 = "sha256-9bgovXVj+qddfDSI4DTaNYH4H8Uc4DZqeVYG5TWXTNw=";
 
   ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" ];
 
+  preCheck = ''
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+  '';
+
   passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
     package = temporal-cli;
+    # the app writes a default config file at startup
+    command = "HOME=$(mktemp -d) ${meta.mainProgram} --version";
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {