diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/apx/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/apx/default.nix
index 26bece879f00..381307d6735e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/apx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/apx/default.nix
@@ -1,33 +1,36 @@
-{ lib
-, buildGoModule
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, distrobox
-, installShellFiles
+{
+  lib,
+  buildGoModule,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  installShellFiles,
+  distrobox,
+  podman,
 }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "apx";
-  version = "2.4.0";
+  version = "2.4.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Vanilla-OS";
     repo = "apx";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-OLJrwibw9uX5ty7FRZ0q8zx0i1vQXRKK8reQsJFFxAI=";
+    hash = "sha256-X6nphUzJc/R3Egw09eRQbza1QebpLGsMIfV7BpLOXTc=";
   };
 
-  vendorHash = null;
+  vendorHash = "sha256-hGi+M5RRUL2oyxFGVeR0sum93/CA+FGYy0m4vDmlXTc=";
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
+  # podman needed for apx to not error when building shell completions
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles podman ];
 
   ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace config/apx.json \
-      --replace "/usr/share/apx/distrobox/distrobox" "${distrobox}/bin/distrobox" \
-      --replace "/usr/share/apx" "$out/bin/apx"
+      --replace-fail "/usr/share/apx/distrobox/distrobox" "${distrobox}/bin/distrobox" \
+      --replace-fail "/usr/share/apx" "$out/bin/apx"
     substituteInPlace settings/config.go \
-      --replace "/usr/share/apx/" "$out/share/apx/"
+      --replace-fail "/usr/share/apx/" "$out/share/apx/"
   '';
 
   postInstall = ''
@@ -35,6 +38,15 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     installManPage man/man1/*
     install -Dm444 README.md -t $out/share/docs/apx
     install -Dm444 COPYING.md $out/share/licenses/apx/LICENSE
+
+    # Create a temp writable home-dir so apx outputs completions without error
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
+    # apx command now works (for completions)
+    # though complains "Error: no such file or directory"
+    installShellCompletion --cmd apx \
+      --bash <($out/bin/apx completion bash) \
+      --fish <($out/bin/apx completion fish) \
+      --zsh <($out/bin/apx completion zsh)
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {