diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-latexdiff/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-latexdiff/package.nix
index f03dc904315b..a092f005edf9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-latexdiff/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-latexdiff/package.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace git-latexdiff \
-      --replace "@GIT_LATEXDIFF_VERSION@" "v${finalAttrs.version}"
+      --replace-fail "@GIT_LATEXDIFF_VERSION@" "v${finalAttrs.version}"
     patchShebangs git-latexdiff
   '';