diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/jo/jo/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/jo/jo/package.nix
index 1c9bb4365a9e..cbfcb5257e69 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/jo/jo/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/jo/jo/package.nix
@@ -5,16 +5,18 @@
   autoreconfHook,
   pandoc,
   pkg-config,
+  versionCheckHook,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "jo";
   version = "1.9";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jpmens";
     repo = "jo";
-    rev = version;
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
     sha256 = "sha256-1q4/RpxfoAdtY3m8bBuj7bhD17V+4dYo3Vb8zMbI1YU=";
   };
 
@@ -26,12 +28,28 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pkg-config
   ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "-v";
+  postInstallCheck = ''
+    $out/bin/jo -V > /dev/null
+    seq 1 10 | $out/bin/jo -a | grep '^\[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10\]$' > /dev/null
+  '';
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
     description = "Small utility to create JSON objects";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jpmens/jo";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/jpmens/jo/blob/${finalAttrs.version}/ChangeLog";
     mainProgram = "jo";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.markus1189 ];
-    platforms = platforms.all;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      xiaoxiangmoe
+      markus1189
+    ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
   };
-}
+})