diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ak/akkoma-fe/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ak/akkoma-fe/package.nix
index ce282974eac4..ef526ffe4a51 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ak/akkoma-fe/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ak/akkoma-fe/package.nix
@@ -15,14 +15,17 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "akkoma-fe";
-  version = "3.15.0";
+  version = "3.12.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitea {
     domain = "akkoma.dev";
     owner = "AkkomaGang";
     repo = "akkoma-fe";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-VKYeJwAc4pMpF1dWBnx5D39ffNk7eGpJI2es+GAxdow=";
+    hash = "sha256-DK+KLAcT/10qhwmB+GoHN/7nOKJEJ32zSao8/fjgW7E=";
+
+    # upstream repository archive fetching is broken
+    forceFetchGit = true;
   };
 
   offlineCache = fetchYarnDeps {