diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cr/crowdsec/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cr/crowdsec/package.nix
index 6dd3b25da063..6a466fa686f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cr/crowdsec/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cr/crowdsec/package.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     "-w"
     "-X github.com/crowdsecurity/go-cs-lib/version.Version=v${version}"
     "-X github.com/crowdsecurity/go-cs-lib/version.BuildDate=1970-01-01_00:00:00"
-    "-X github.com/crowdsecurity/go-cs-lib/version.Tag=${src.rev}"
+    "-X github.com/crowdsecurity/go-cs-lib/version.Tag=v${version}"
     "-X github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/cwversion.Codename=alphaga"
     "-X github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/csconfig.defaultConfigDir=/etc/crowdsec"
     "-X github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/csconfig.defaultDataDir=/var/lib/crowdsec/data"
@@ -53,8 +53,13 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   # It's important that the version is correctly set as it also determines feature capabilities
-  checkPhase = ''
-    $GOPATH/bin/cscli version 2>&1 | grep -q "version: v${version}"
+  preCheck = ''
+    version=$($GOPATH/bin/cscli version 2>&1 | sed -nE 's/^version: (.*)/\1/p')
+
+    if [ "$version" != "v${version}" ]; then
+        echo "Invalid version string: '$version'"
+        exit 1
+    fi
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {