diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/jmespath/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/jmespath/default.nix
index c9510a35d10..6224a2def07 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/jmespath/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/jmespath/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
-{ lib, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
-buildGoPackage rec {
+buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "jmespath";
-  version = "0.2.2";
-  rev = version;
-
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath";
+  version = "0.4.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    inherit rev;
     owner = "jmespath";
     repo = "go-jmespath";
-    sha256 = "0f4j0m44limnjd6q5fk152g6jq2a5cshcdms4p3a1br8pl9wp5fb";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-djA/7TCmAqCsht28b1itoiWd8Mtdsn/5uLxyT23K/qM=";
   };
+
+  vendorSha256 = "sha256-Q12muprcKB7fCxemESb4sGPyYIdmgOt3YXVUln7oabw=";
+
+  excludedPackages = [
+    "./internal/testify"
+  ];
+
+  ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A JMESPath implementation in Go";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath";