diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/apko/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/apko/default.nix
index 257d6b3c354e..6248c08360df 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/apko/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/apko/default.nix
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "apko";
-  version = "0.14.1";
+  version = "0.19.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "chainguard-dev";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-O1lU3b3dNmFcV0Dfkpw63Eu6AgLSLBi7MbF47OsjgL4=";
+    hash = "sha256-uUsNYQPW2MtXxohdenXbNWfikp8TW0chJ5SDYU8ayV4=";
     # populate values that require us to use git. By doing this in postFetch we
     # can delete .git afterwards and maintain better reproducibility of the src.
     leaveDotGit = true;
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
       find "$out" -name .git -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf
     '';
   };
-  vendorHash = "sha256-shnVJ6TcqWxUu1Ib2ewaz2VK4mi1Rt3R0Cmof9ilDJ4=";
+  vendorHash = "sha256-2Tuhya70R++Nv5KEd+4vjxiTTansraSXQtGm/FqRktk=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
 
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     ldflags=
   '';
 
+  checkFlags = [
+    # requires networking (apk.chainreg.biz)
+    "-skip=TestInitDB_ChainguardDiscovery"
+  ];
+
   postInstall = ''
     installShellCompletion --cmd apko \
       --bash <($out/bin/apko completion bash) \
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index eef9ab339bd0..c0cea2a24f21 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -283,7 +283,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   fission = callPackage ../development/tools/fission { };
 
-  apko = callPackage ../development/tools/apko { };
+  apko = callPackage ../development/tools/apko {
+    buildGoModule = buildGo123Module;
+  };
 
   melange = callPackage ../development/tools/melange { };