diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pr/prometheus-pushgateway/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pr/prometheus-pushgateway/package.nix
index ddf5cab71bb8..4a99a7435d2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pr/prometheus-pushgateway/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pr/prometheus-pushgateway/package.nix
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
   buildGoModule,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   nixosTests,
-  testers,
-  prometheus-pushgateway,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
@@ -32,11 +31,13 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   passthru.tests = {
     inherit (nixosTests.prometheus) pushgateway;
-    version = testers.testVersion {
-      package = prometheus-pushgateway;
-    };
   };
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Allows ephemeral and batch jobs to expose metrics to Prometheus";
     mainProgram = "pushgateway";