diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pandas/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pandas/default.nix
index 88c164c5a93f..e4b838dba6ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pandas/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pandas/default.nix
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ let
       owner = "pandas-dev";
       repo = "pandas";
       tag = "v${version}";
+      postFetch = ''
+        sed -i 's/git_refnames = "[^"]*"/git_refnames = " (tag: ${src.tag})"/' $out/pandas/_version.py
+      '';
       hash = "sha256-G+pWdmft/kcxv97ySa+0ZFEgvMKuNaK33DseZQ8R1z8=";
     };