diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/aw/awscli/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/aw/awscli/package.nix
index 3e18a1e9b065..7eb4ed29690a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/aw/awscli/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/aw/awscli/package.nix
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@
   nix-update-script,
   testers,
   awscli,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
 let
-  self = python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  self = python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
     pname = "awscli";
     # N.B: if you change this, change botocore and boto3 to a matching version too
     # check e.g. https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/blob/1.33.21/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ let
     src = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "aws";
       repo = "aws-cli";
-      tag = version;
+      tag = finalAttrs.version;
       hash = "sha256-yQFK1YjehmACZGMXfMQLc5OiiIGDO08OtwFSpaRyi58=";
     };
 
@@ -62,32 +63,31 @@ let
       runHook preInstallCheck
 
       $out/bin/aws --version | grep "${python3Packages.botocore.version}"
-      $out/bin/aws --version | grep "${version}"
+      $out/bin/aws --version | grep "${finalAttrs.version}"
 
       runHook postInstallCheck
     '';
 
+    nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+      versionCheckHook
+    ];
+
     passthru = {
       python = python3Packages.python; # for aws_shell
       updateScript = nix-update-script {
         extraArgs = [ "--version=skip" ];
       };
-      tests.version = testers.testVersion {
-        package = awscli;
-        command = "aws --version";
-        inherit version;
-      };
     };
 
     meta = {
       homepage = "https://aws.amazon.com/cli/";
-      changelog = "https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.rst";
+      changelog = "https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/blob/${finalAttrs.src.tag}/CHANGELOG.rst";
       description = "Unified tool to manage your AWS services";
       license = lib.licenses.asl20;
       mainProgram = "aws";
       maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ anthonyroussel ];
     };
-  };
+  });
 in
 assert self ? pythonRelaxDeps -> !(lib.elem "botocore" self.pythonRelaxDeps);
 self
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/aw/awsebcli/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/aw/awsebcli/package.nix
index 0ba14c745934..c1a5589f4571 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/aw/awsebcli/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/aw/awsebcli/package.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ let
   };
 in
 
-python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
+python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "awsebcli";
   version = "3.27";
   pyproject = true;
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "aws";
     repo = "aws-elastic-beanstalk-cli";
-    tag = version;
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
     hash = "sha256-bqGed3LCOAG5+bSwdaenxM3HtNXI6iRq191XS5Aau8c=";
   };
 
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Command line interface for Elastic Beanstalk";
     homepage = "https://aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/aws/aws-elastic-beanstalk-cli/blob/${version}/CHANGES.rst";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/aws/aws-elastic-beanstalk-cli/blob/${finalAttrs.src.tag}/CHANGES.rst";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ kirillrdy ];
     mainProgram = "eb";
   };
-}
+})