diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/apko/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/apko/default.nix
index ee2d7f24a6b6..ecd45791e77b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/apko/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/apko/default.nix
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "apko";
-  version = "0.4.0";
+  version = "0.8.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "chainguard-dev";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-gmBcN1lxzkkRpiUUWv87ji/G4Uy3DA8a6+6Qs+p/2mg=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-02W9YOnV/zXopH3C9UNKu5gepNVS2gzoGa10uaKYu94=";
     # populate values that require us to use git. By doing this in postFetch we
     # can delete .git afterwards and maintain better reproducibility of the src.
     leaveDotGit = true;
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
       find "$out" -name .git -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf
     '';
   };
-  vendorSha256 = "sha256-3gRECgKvGqkgBzB3SSxm6/LxZG8RxhjoC6Q7DZj/Has=";
+  vendorSha256 = "sha256-h1uAAL3FBskx6Qv9E5WY+UPeXK49WW/hFoNN4QyKevU=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
 
@@ -42,11 +42,14 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   preCheck = ''
-    # requires network access to fetch alpine linux keyring
-    substituteInPlace pkg/apk/apk_unit_test.go \
-      --replace "TestInitKeyring" "SkipInitKeyring"
+    # disable tests that require network access
+    rm pkg/apk/impl/implementation_test.go
   '';
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
   postInstall = ''
     installShellCompletion --cmd apko \
       --bash <($out/bin/apko completion bash) \
@@ -54,11 +57,12 @@ buildGoModule rec {
       --zsh <($out/bin/apko completion zsh)
   '';
 
-  doInstallCheck = true;
   installCheckPhase = ''
     runHook preInstallCheck
+
     $out/bin/apko --help
     $out/bin/apko version 2>&1 | grep "v${version}"
+
     runHook postInstallCheck
   '';
 
@@ -67,6 +71,6 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     changelog = "https://github.com/chainguard-dev/apko/blob/main/NEWS.md";
     description = "Build OCI images using APK directly without Dockerfile";
     license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jk ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jk developer-guy ];
   };
 }