diff --git a/pkgs/servers/caddy/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/caddy/default.nix
index 51088486809..37d6b7251a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/caddy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/caddy/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 , installShellFiles
 }:
 let
-  version = "2.6.1";
+  version = "2.6.2";
   dist = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "caddyserver";
     repo = "dist";
@@ -23,20 +23,16 @@ buildGoModule {
     owner = "caddyserver";
     repo = "caddy";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-Z8MiMhXH1er+uYvmDQiamF/jSxHbTMwjo61qbH0ioEo=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Tbf6RB3106OEZGc/Wx7vk+I82Z8/Q3WqnID4f8uZ6z0=";
   };
 
-  vendorSha256 = "sha256-6UTErIPB/z4RfndPSLKFJDFweLB3ax8WxEDA+3G5asI=";
-
-  patches = [
-    ./inject_version.diff
-  ];
+  vendorSha256 = "sha256-YxGXk3Q1qw6uZxrGc8l2lKExP2GP+nm3eYbHDoEbgdY=";
 
   subPackages = [ "cmd/caddy" ];
 
   ldflags = [
     "-s" "-w"
-    "-X github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2.ShortVersion=${version}"
+    "-X github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2.CustomVersion=${version}"
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/caddy/inject_version.diff b/pkgs/servers/caddy/inject_version.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 3636f026a77..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/servers/caddy/inject_version.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/caddy.go b/caddy.go
-index 584865bd..082b9b6c 100644
---- a/caddy.go
-+++ b/caddy.go
-@@ -840,7 +840,10 @@ func InstanceID() (uuid.UUID, error) {
- // and https://github.com/golang/go/issues/50603.
- //
- // This function is experimental and subject to change or removal.
-+var ShortVersion = "(devel)"
-+
- func Version() (simple, full string) {
-+	return ShortVersion, ShortVersion
- 	// the currently-recommended way to build Caddy involves
- 	// building it as a dependency so we can extract version
- 	// information from go.mod tooling; once the upstream
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