diff --git a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/default.nix
index 9b83ecd0518d..b1967573f896 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   inetutils,
   nixosTests,
   home-assistant,
-  testers,
+  versionCheckHook,
 
   # Look up dependencies of specified components in component-packages.nix
   extraComponents ? [ ],
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   nativeCheckInputs =
     requirementsTest
+    ++ [ versionCheckHook ]
     ++ (with python.pkgs; [
       # Used in tests/non_packaged_scripts/test_alexa_locales.py
       beautifulsoup4
@@ -499,10 +500,6 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     tests = {
       nixos = nixosTests.home-assistant;
       components = callPackage ./tests.nix { };
-      version = testers.testVersion {
-        package = home-assistant;
-        command = "hass --version";
-      };
       withoutCheckDeps = home-assistant.overridePythonAttrs {
         pname = "home-assistant-without-check-deps";
         doCheck = false;