diff --git a/pkgs/tools/virtualization/govc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/virtualization/govc/default.nix
index 00330f7d1a4..32cfb4aa662 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/virtualization/govc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/virtualization/govc/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, buildGoPackage }:
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, buildGoModule }:
 
-buildGoPackage rec {
+buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "govc";
-  version = "0.25.0";
-
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/vmware/govmomi";
+  version = "0.28.0";
 
   subPackages = [ "govc" ];
 
@@ -12,9 +10,17 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     rev = "v${version}";
     owner = "vmware";
     repo = "govmomi";
-    sha256 = "sha256-Ri8snbmgcAZmdumKzBl3P6gf/eZgwdgg7V+ijyeZjks=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-uK1JsBJC9O8dEJbAnyeMoolKZ2WhEPsDo/is/I+gfHg=";
   };
 
+  vendorSha256 = "sha256-jbGqQITAhyBLoDa3cKU5gK+4WGgoGSCyFtzeoXx8e7k=";
+
+  ldflags = [
+    "-s"
+    "-w"
+    "-X github.com/vmware/govmomi/govc/flags.BuildVersion=${version}"
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "A vSphere CLI built on top of govmomi";
     homepage = "https://github.com/vmware/govmomi/tree/master/govc";