diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/gotestsum/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/go/gotestsum/package.nix
similarity index 69%
rename from pkgs/development/tools/gotestsum/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/go/gotestsum/package.nix
index 5bb515592e57..810fe5438fe8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/gotestsum/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/go/gotestsum/package.nix
@@ -4,20 +4,22 @@
   buildGoModule,
 }:
 let
-  version = "1.11.0";
+  version = "1.12.0";
 in
 buildGoModule {
   pname = "gotestsum";
-  inherit version;
+
+  # move back to stable releases when build is successful
+  version = "${version}-unstable-2024-09-17";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "gotestyourself";
     repo = "gotestsum";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-Sq0ejnX7AJoPf3deBge8PMOq1NlMbw+Ljn145C5MQ+s=";
+    rev = "2f61a73f997821b2e5a1823496e8362630e213f9";
+    hash = "sha256-5zgchATcpoM4g5Mxex9wYanzrR0Pie9GYqx48toORkM=";
   };
 
-  vendorHash = "sha256-zUqa6xlDV12ZV4N6+EZ7fLPsL8U+GB7boQ0qG9egvm0=";
+  vendorHash = "sha256-DR4AyEhgD71hFFEAnPfSxaWYFFV7FlPugZBHUjDynEE=";
 
   doCheck = false;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f6dd8f09a047..131cca72e54e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -26410,8 +26410,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gotests = callPackage ../development/tools/gotests { };
 
-  gotestsum = callPackage ../development/tools/gotestsum { };
-
   gqlgenc = callPackage ../development/tools/gqlgenc { };
 
   impl = callPackage ../development/tools/impl { };