diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-branchless/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-branchless/package.nix
index 5f0b860f9ff1..eb7dacea305e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-branchless/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gi/git-branchless/package.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   rustPlatform,
   sqlite,
   stdenv,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   # - https://github.com/facebook/sapling/commit/9e27acb84605079bf4e305afb637a4d6801831ac
   postPatch = ''
     (
-      cd ../git-branchless-*-vendor/esl01-indexedlog-*/
+      cd $cargoDepsCopy/*/esl01-indexedlog-*/
       patch -p1 < ${./fix-esl01-indexedlog-for-rust-1_89.patch}
     )
   '';
@@ -67,10 +68,17 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     "--skip=test_switch_auto_switch_interactive"
   ];
 
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = "--version";
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
   meta = {
     description = "Suite of tools to help you visualize, navigate, manipulate, and repair your commit history";
     homepage = "https://github.com/arxanas/git-branchless";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
+    license = [
+      lib.licenses.asl20
+      lib.licenses.mit
+    ];
     mainProgram = "git-branchless";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       nh2