diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vi/victorialogs/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vi/victorialogs/package.nix
index 922fda1e26b8..db4f7c868503 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vi/victorialogs/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vi/victorialogs/package.nix
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
 
 buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "VictoriaLogs";
-  version = "1.36.1";
+  version = "1.38.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "VictoriaMetrics";
     repo = "VictoriaLogs";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-TZhgZ8x1ESXrNMU6Sa4cQMurTZ+obD/JqqIJFJ18KOA=";
+    hash = "sha256-UosxxeTZzM/f2rqUdMqPxHgnu57/dUc/X7gFOySy+M4=";
   };
 
   vendorHash = null;
@@ -34,12 +34,9 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
     ++ lib.optionals withVlAgent [ "app/vlagent" ];
 
   postPatch = ''
-    # Allow older go versions
-    substituteInPlace go.mod \
-      --replace-fail "go 1.25.2" "go ${finalAttrs.passthru.go.version}"
-
-    substituteInPlace vendor/modules.txt \
-      --replace-fail "go 1.25.0" "go ${finalAttrs.passthru.go.version}"
+    # Relax go version to major.minor
+    sed -i -E 's/^(go[[:space:]]+[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+)\.[[:digit:]]+$/\1/' go.mod
+    sed -i -E 's/^(go[[:space:]]+[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+)\.[[:digit:]]+$/\1/' vendor/modules.txt
   '';
 
   ldflags = [