diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ex/exploitdb/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ex/exploitdb/package.nix
index 135dea9f4a95..36496b0a25e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ex/exploitdb/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ex/exploitdb/package.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   fetchFromGitLab,
   makeWrapper,
 }:
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "exploitdb";
   version = "2025-09-18";
@@ -22,6 +21,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     runHook preInstall
     mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share
     cp --recursive . $out/share/exploitdb
+
+    substituteInPlace $out/share/exploitdb/.searchsploit_rc \
+      --replace-fail 'path_array+=("/opt/exploitdb")' 'path_array+=("'$out'/share/exploitdb")' \
+      --replace-fail 'path_array+=("/opt/exploitdb-papers")' 'path_array+=("'$out'/share/exploitdb")'
+
     makeWrapper $out/share/exploitdb/searchsploit $out/bin/searchsploit
     runHook postInstall
   '';