diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ch/charmcraft/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ch/charmcraft/package.nix
index ec94207f8d56..da442fc12d58 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ch/charmcraft/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ch/charmcraft/package.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,54 @@
 {
   lib,
   git,
-  python3Packages,
+  python3,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   nix-update-script,
+  testers,
+  charmcraft,
+  cacert,
 }:
+let
+  python = python3.override {
+    self = python;
+    packageOverrides = self: super: {
+      craft-application = super.craft-application.overridePythonAttrs (old: rec {
+        version = "4.10.0";
+        src = fetchFromGitHub {
+          owner = "canonical";
+          repo = "craft-application";
+          tag = version;
+          hash = "sha256-9M49/XQuWwKuQqseleTeZYcrwd/S16lNCljvlVsoXbs=";
+        };
 
-python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+        patches = [ ];
+
+        postPatch = ''
+          substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+            --replace-fail "setuptools==75.8.0" "setuptools"
+
+          substituteInPlace craft_application/git/_git_repo.py \
+            --replace-fail "/snap/core22/current/etc/ssl/certs" "${cacert}/etc/ssl/certs"
+        '';
+
+        preCheck = ''
+          export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+
+          # Tests require access to /etc/os-release, which isn't accessible in
+          # the test environment, so create a fake file, and modify the code
+          # to look for it.
+          echo 'ID=nixos' > $HOME/os-release
+          echo 'NAME=NixOS' >> $HOME/os-release
+          echo 'VERSION_ID="24.05"' >> $HOME/os-release
+
+          substituteInPlace craft_application/util/platforms.py \
+            --replace-fail "os_utils.OsRelease()" "os_utils.OsRelease(os_release_file='$HOME/os-release')"
+        '';
+      });
+    };
+  };
+in
+python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "charmcraft";
   version = "3.4.6";
 
@@ -23,7 +65,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     substituteInPlace charmcraft/__init__.py --replace-fail "dev" "${version}"
   '';
 
-  dependencies = with python3Packages; [
+  dependencies = with python.pkgs; [
     craft-application
     craft-cli
     craft-parts
@@ -47,7 +89,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     urllib3
   ];
 
-  build-system = with python3Packages; [ setuptools-scm ];
+  build-system = with python.pkgs; [ setuptools-scm ];
 
   pythonRelaxDeps = [
     "urllib3"
@@ -57,7 +99,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs =
-    with python3Packages;
+    with python.pkgs;
     [
       freezegun
       hypothesis
@@ -69,7 +111,10 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
       responses
       setuptools
     ]
-    ++ [ git ];
+    ++ [
+      cacert
+      git
+    ];
 
   preCheck = ''
     mkdir -p check-phase
@@ -85,7 +130,14 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     "test_read_charm_from_yaml_file_self_contained_success[full-platforms.yaml]"
   ];
 
-  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+    tests.version = testers.testVersion {
+      package = charmcraft;
+      command = "env SSL_CERT_FILE=${cacert}/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt HOME=$(mktemp -d) charmcraft --version";
+      version = "charmcraft ${version}";
+    };
+  };
 
   meta = {
     mainProgram = "charmcraft";