diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/gitea-actions-runner/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/gitea-actions-runner/default.nix
index cb5338e210b0..95be9bdaa482 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/gitea-actions-runner/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/continuous-integration/gitea-actions-runner/default.nix
@@ -2,17 +2,23 @@
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "gitea-actions-runner";
-  version = "unstable-2023-02-08";
+  version = "unstable-2023-03-18";
 
   src = fetchFromGitea {
     domain = "gitea.com";
     owner = "gitea";
     repo = "act_runner";
-    rev = "990cf93c7136669408eb1832cd05df3ad4dd81b3";
-    sha256 = "1ysp7g199dzh1zpxxhki88pn96qghln7a5g8zfjip9173q1rgiyb";
+    rev = "9eb8b08a69e8b1c699c9c07a06c1ff8e5f6ad0fe";
+    sha256 = "sha256-B8vD+86X8cqZhPmDmEjHgSsq3TdJuCf9h3XgdXC7hQY=";
   };
 
-  vendorSha256 = "0a3q7rsk37dc6v3vnqaywkimaqvyjmkrwljhcjcnswsdfcgng62b";
+  vendorSha256 = "sha256-K/d/ip8icc+rjTmajsGxw5aij1VMW6wJJu4LCkKqaVQ=";
+
+  ldflags = [
+    "-s"
+    "-w"
+    "-X gitea.com/gitea/act_runner/cmd.version=${version}"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     mainProgram = "act_runner";