diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gh/ghgrab/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gh/ghgrab/package.nix
index def198f92320..1ed827e79dbd 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gh/ghgrab/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gh/ghgrab/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   rustPlatform,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  stdenv,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
 # note: upstream has a flake
@@ -19,18 +19,16 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
 
   cargoHash = "sha256-S1wkdPYVvH+4rfCQ/IohrqvHsiVWlb9OW5Dva3jNeis=";
 
-  # fails on darwin
-  # https://github.com/abhixdd/ghgrab/issues/31
-  checkFlags = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-    "--skip=agent_tree_invalid_url_returns_json_error"
-  ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://github.com/abhixdd/ghgrab/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     description = "Simple, pretty terminal tool that lets you search and download files from GitHub without leaving your CLI";
     homepage = "https://github.com/abhixdd/ghgrab";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ phanirithvij ];
     mainProgram = "ghgrab";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ phanirithvij ];
   };
 })