diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ca/caddy/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ca/caddy/package.nix
index 021d03c96ca1..28eca35284a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ca/caddy/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ca/caddy/package.nix
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   nixosTests,
   caddy,
-  testers,
   installShellFiles,
   stdenv,
   writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 let
   version = "2.10.2";
@@ -75,15 +75,18 @@ buildGo125Module {
   passthru = {
     tests = {
       inherit (nixosTests) caddy;
-      version = testers.testVersion {
-        command = "${caddy}/bin/caddy version";
-        package = caddy;
-      };
       acme-integration = nixosTests.acme.caddy;
     };
     withPlugins = callPackage ./plugins.nix { inherit caddy; };
   };
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+  versionCheckKeepEnvironment = [ "HOME" ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://caddyserver.com";
     description = "Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS";