diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/compose.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/compose.nix
index a9b33e10056b..73819b96e906 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/compose.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/compose.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   buildGoModule,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
@@ -17,17 +18,20 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   vendorHash = "sha256-EFbEd1UwrBnH6pSh+MvupYdie8SnKr8y6K9lQflBSlk=";
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+
   modPostBuild = ''
     patch -d vendor/github.com/docker/cli/ -p1 < ${./cli-system-plugin-dir-from-env.patch}
   '';
 
   ldflags = [
-    "-X github.com/docker/compose/v2/internal.Version=${version}"
+    "-X github.com/docker/compose/v5/internal.Version=${version}"
     "-s"
     "-w"
   ];
 
   doCheck = false;
+  doInstallCheck = true;
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
     install -D $GOPATH/bin/cmd $out/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose