diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nc/ncps/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nc/ncps/package.nix
index d50fe4676b88..9991c7c58dcb 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/nc/ncps/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nc/ncps/package.nix
@@ -15,25 +15,21 @@
   python3,
   redis,
   writeShellScriptBin,
+  xz,
 }:
 
-let
-  dbmate-real = writeShellScriptBin "dbmate.real" ''
-    exec ${dbmate}/bin/dbmate "$@"
-  '';
-in
 buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "ncps";
-  version = "0.8.6";
+  version = "0.9.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "kalbasit";
     repo = "ncps";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-Ep83aGlwf8qq7fmSCCH9zUztlXf4D3vvs9jkBBoN6Yw=";
+    hash = "sha256-jZxh4y1bKHbSSGphN3TSR9TiQqfkNhdr8GQekldC1FM=";
   };
 
-  vendorHash = "sha256-AcgC+zTS3eVsbcs0jim4zDBGc3lIjwPbdVT7/KQ9Lkc=";
+  vendorHash = "sha256-QZikr0kE/kvnI4RG02lxVpG4teTg3Uo68st9xLlbfm0=";
 
   ldflags = [
     "-X github.com/kalbasit/ncps/pkg/ncps.Version=v${finalAttrs.version}"
@@ -41,7 +37,11 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
 
   subPackages = [ "." ];
 
+  buildInputs = [ xz ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
+    makeWrapper # used for wrapping the binary so it can always find the xz binary
+
     curl # used for checking MinIO health check
     dbmate # used for testing
     jq # used for testing by the init-minio
@@ -51,16 +51,23 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
     postgresql # PostgreSQL for integration tests
     python3 # used for generating the ports
     redis # Redis for distributed locking integration tests
-    makeWrapper # For wrapping dbmate.
   ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/ncps
     cp -r db $out/share/ncps/db
 
+    # ncps makes use of xz for decompression as it's 3-5x faster than
+    # using the native Go implementation of xz. By wrapping ncps, and
+    # setting the XZ_BINARY_PATH environment variable, we ensure that
+    # ncps can always find the xz binary. This environment variable is
+    # read by a flag in pkg/ncps and can be overriden by using calling
+    # ncps with the --xz-binary-path flag.
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/ncps --set XZ_BINARY_PATH ${lib.getExe' xz "xz"}
+
+    # Wrap the dbmate-wrapper and set the NCPS_DB_MIGRATIONS_DIR environment variable
     makeWrapper ${finalAttrs.passthru.dbmate-wrapper}/bin/dbmate-wrapper \
       $out/bin/dbmate-ncps \
-      --prefix PATH : ${dbmate-real}/bin \
       --set NCPS_DB_MIGRATIONS_DIR $out/share/ncps/db/migrations
   '';
 
@@ -94,6 +101,14 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
 
       vendorHash = null;
 
+      buildInputs = lib.singleton dbmate;
+      nativeBuildInputs = lib.singleton makeWrapper;
+
+      postInstall = ''
+        # the dbmate-wrapper needs access to the original dbmate executable, wrap it so it can find it correctly.
+        wrapProgram $out/bin/dbmate-wrapper --set DBMATE_BIN ${lib.getExe dbmate}
+      '';
+
       subPackages = [ "." ];
     };