diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/st/step-cli/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/st/step-cli/package.nix
index 39ebf0227d9b..b340686b1313 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/st/step-cli/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/st/step-cli/package.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ buildGoModule {
     owner = "smallstep";
     repo = "cli";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-Ha64SLJWJdfVt1T2M6UHyFD/OD8lmUQ0vU8OKjN272Y=";
+    hash = "sha256-G+/fc1qFXcNOxF+oyDmEZzzOUcODBvX+YfQ8Sx5JQK4=";
+    # this file change depending on git branch status (via .gitattributes)
+    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/84312
+    postFetch = ''
+      rm -f $out/.VERSION
+    '';
   };
 
   ldflags = [