diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ta/taskwarrior3/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ta/taskwarrior3/package.nix
index 0c55add7c27a..b55d78619339 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ta/taskwarrior3/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ta/taskwarrior3/package.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace src/commands/CmdNews.cpp \
-      --replace "xdg-open" "${lib.getBin xdg-utils}/bin/xdg-open"
+      --replace-fail "xdg-open" "${lib.getBin xdg-utils}/bin/xdg-open"
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [