diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ac/action-validator/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ac/action-validator/package.nix
index e7556ce0043a..562f8520b7a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ac/action-validator/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ac/action-validator/package.nix
@@ -3,24 +3,45 @@
   rustPlatform,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   nix-update-script,
+  gitMinimal,
+  makeWrapper,
 }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "action-validator";
-  version = "0.8.0";
+  version = "0.9.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "mpalmer";
     repo = "action-validator";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-irBK27De9W5BSNIQynguOY8oPgA7K03dleE/0YvY75o=";
+    hash = "sha256-E0kqEzqw902Wg7QQNzOrtHQO9riSmAvDNcWIP3XmLSY=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-w6qC4gJ06TfoQl2WD8lgOxSxUWyG6Z8ma9mUvvYlkTU=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-F8bJclpDpOdVET/dSIUYyP4DFcnhJDR2CV8poZtykko=";
 
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ gitMinimal ];
+
+  # The tests require a functional git installation and leaveDotGit appears broken https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/8567
+  preCheck = ''
+    git init -b main
+    git add --all # action-validator tests ignore unstaged files
+  '';
+
+  postCheck = ''
+    rm -rf .git
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram "$out/bin/action-validator" \
+      --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ gitMinimal ]}
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     description = "Tool to validate GitHub Action and Workflow YAML files";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mpalmer/action-validator";