diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/te/temporal/darwin-sandbox-fix.patch b/pkgs/by-name/te/temporal/darwin-sandbox-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b390d492467c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/te/temporal/darwin-sandbox-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- vendor/modernc.org/libc/honnef.co/go/netdb/netdb.go
++++ vendor/modernc.org/libc/honnef.co/go/netdb/netdb.go
+@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ func init() {
+ 	// Load protocols
+ 	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile("/etc/protocols")
+ 	if err != nil {
+-		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
++		if !os.IsNotExist(err) && !os.IsPermission(err) {
+ 			panic(err)
+ 		}
+ 
+@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ func init() {
+ 	// Load services
+ 	data, err = ioutil.ReadFile("/etc/services")
+ 	if err != nil {
+-		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
++		if !os.IsNotExist(err) && !os.IsPermission(err) {
+ 			panic(err)
+ 		}
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/te/temporal/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/te/temporal/package.nix
index f2cc1a5cc3ec..c754df508f40 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/te/temporal/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/te/temporal/package.nix
@@ -5,20 +5,28 @@
   nixosTests,
   testers,
   temporal,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
-buildGoModule rec {
+buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "temporal";
   version = "1.29.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "temporalio";
     repo = "temporal";
-    rev = "v${version}";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-WiiezZ/2FgRte4BStIGHQhb5bHtfldi3TaIRG0xFtW0=";
   };
 
-  vendorHash = "sha256-HW2j8swbaWwU1i3udqlT8VyFreML6ZH14zWxF8L5NTQ=";
+  vendorHash = "sha256-CdzcOE/J0gqUbq7BXPpLFyNPNbFTziR5j9GPdYPzv50=";
+
+  overrideModAttrs = old: {
+    # netdb.go allows /etc/protocols and /etc/services to not exist and happily proceeds, but it panic()s if they exist but return permission denied.
+    postBuild = ''
+      patch -p0 < ${./darwin-sandbox-fix.patch}
+    '';
+  };
 
   excludedPackages = [ "./build" ];
 
@@ -47,6 +55,12 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
   passthru.tests = {
     inherit (nixosTests) temporal;
     version = testers.testVersion {
@@ -57,9 +71,9 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Microservice orchestration platform which enables developers to build scalable applications without sacrificing productivity or reliability";
     homepage = "https://temporal.io";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jpds ];
     mainProgram = "temporal-server";
   };
-}
+})