diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/dd/ddev/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/dd/ddev/package.nix
index 4f16cf3970c8..442a68f2828a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/dd/ddev/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/dd/ddev/package.nix
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
   buildGoModule,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   installShellFiles,
-  testers,
-  ddev,
+  versionCheckHook,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   ldflags = [
     "-extldflags -static"
-    "-X github.com/ddev/ddev/pkg/versionconstants.DdevVersion=${version}"
-    "-X github.com/ddev/ddev/pkg/versionconstants.SegmentKey=${version}"
+    "-X github.com/ddev/ddev/pkg/versionconstants.DdevVersion=v${version}"
+    "-X github.com/ddev/ddev/pkg/versionconstants.SegmentKey=v${version}"
   ];
 
   # Tests need docker.
@@ -45,15 +45,13 @@ buildGoModule rec {
       --zsh .gotmp/bin/completions/ddev_zsh_completion.sh
   '';
 
-  passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
-    package = ddev;
-    command = ''
-      # DDEV will try to create $HOME/.ddev, so we set $HOME to a temporary
-      # directory.
-      export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
-      ddev --version
-    '';
-  };
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
+  ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
+  versionCheckKeepEnvironment = [ "HOME" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Docker-based local PHP+Node.js web development environments";