diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-autocomplete-light/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-autocomplete-light/default.nix
index df0b8b33a0d7..dfb98c2a1841 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-autocomplete-light/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-autocomplete-light/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   setuptools,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "django-autocomplete-light";
   version = "3.12.1";
   pyproject = true;
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "yourlabs";
     repo = "django-autocomplete-light";
-    tag = version;
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
     hash = "sha256-ctNbbmTUgrkLGCo7tgPIJpLn7RmkZSuj54/5RBe/sdA=";
   };
 
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Fresh approach to autocomplete implementations, specially for Django";
     homepage = "https://django-autocomplete-light.readthedocs.io";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/yourlabs/django-autocomplete-light/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/yourlabs/django-autocomplete-light/blob/${finalAttrs.version}/CHANGELOG";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ambroisie ];
   };
-}
+})