diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vi/victoriametrics/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vi/victoriametrics/package.nix
index 6f04dcd8fb41..a4715263a8d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vi/victoriametrics/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vi/victoriametrics/package.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
 
     # 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
+    sed -i -E 's/^(## explicit; go[[:space:]]+[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+)\.[[:digit:]]+$/\1/' vendor/modules.txt
 
     # Increase timeouts in tests to prevent failure on heavily loaded builders
     substituteInPlace lib/storage/storage_test.go \