diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/wasmedge/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/wasmedge/default.nix
index d21ac338f34f..e416f563788f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/wasmedge/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/wasmedge/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  llvmPackages,
+  llvmPackages_17,
   boost,
   cmake,
   spdlog,
@@ -12,7 +12,18 @@
   testers,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+let
+  # The supported version is found in the changelog, the documentation does indicate a minimum version but not a maximum.
+  # The project is also using a `flake.nix` so we can retrieve the used llvm version with:
+  #
+  # ```shell
+  # nix eval --inputs-from .# nixpkgs#llvmPackages.libllvm.version
+  # ```
+  #
+  # > Where `.#` is the flake path were the repo `wasmedge` was cloned at the expected version.
+  llvmPackages = llvmPackages_17;
+in
+llvmPackages.stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "wasmedge";
   version = "0.14.1";