diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant-desktop/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant-desktop/package.nix
index bd7352ce8647..0e36e6f23d9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant-desktop/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mu/music-assistant-desktop/package.nix
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     ./remove-updater.diff
   ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    # set version
+    substituteInPlace package.json src-tauri/tauri.conf.json \
+      --replace-fail "0.0.0" "${finalAttrs.version}"
+  '';
+
   cargoRoot = "src-tauri";
   buildAndTestSubdir = finalAttrs.cargoRoot;