diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/syft/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/syft/default.nix
index 0f823492d32c..845b7c707736 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/syft/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/syft/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "syft";
-  version = "0.88.0";
+  version = "0.90.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "anchore";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-A9EYbZigG6TmyYhMjqhpZRaYnR7KzCJpaOBEEaSXWQ4=";
+    hash = "sha256-W1BLwoqo7sDRZ1LjAbfuuZpoJCWfAK8ekIFwfItkH4A=";
     # 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;
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   };
   # hash mismatch with darwin
   proxyVendor = true;
-  vendorHash = "sha256-7KL/Z95Gg2Cy6oUIVS8KLS3DvQYcLCZaxgKbtzR1M1U=";
+  vendorHash = "sha256-TG292RncaL/4kfuM02huEaIAsuUj7vrTre2aFnjqx3Y=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
 
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   ldflags = [
     "-s"
     "-w"
-    "-X github.com/anchore/syft/internal/version.version=${version}"
-    "-X github.com/anchore/syft/internal/version.gitDescription=v${version}"
-    "-X github.com/anchore/syft/internal/version.gitTreeState=clean"
+    "-X main.version=${version}"
+    "-X main.gitDescription=v${version}"
+    "-X main.gitTreeState=clean"
   ];
 
   preBuild = ''
-    ldflags+=" -X github.com/anchore/syft/internal/version.gitCommit=$(cat COMMIT)"
-    ldflags+=" -X github.com/anchore/syft/internal/version.buildDate=$(cat SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)"
+    ldflags+=" -X main.gitCommit=$(cat COMMIT)"
+    ldflags+=" -X main.buildDate=$(cat SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)"
   '';
 
   # tests require a running docker instance
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 11c1017db35b..46d01ed48f4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13654,7 +13654,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   systrayhelper = callPackage ../tools/misc/systrayhelper { };
 
-  syft = callPackage ../tools/admin/syft { };
+  syft = callPackage ../tools/admin/syft {
+    buildGoModule = buildGo121Module;
+  };
 
   Sylk = callPackage ../applications/networking/Sylk { };