diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml
index 22aa1ec88fa8..9600901537ff 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml
@@ -889,6 +889,14 @@
           support for 1.22 and older has been dropped.
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          The <literal>zrepl</literal> package has been updated from
+          0.5.0 to 0.6.0. See the
+          <link xlink:href="https://zrepl.github.io/changelog.html">changelog</link>
+          for details.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
           <literal>k3s</literal> no longer supports docker as runtime
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
index b59ecc83e7dc..b3495063f39b 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ Available as [services.patroni](options.html#opt-services.patroni.enable).
 
 - The default `kops` version is now 1.25.1 and support for 1.22 and older has been dropped.
 
+- The `zrepl` package has been updated from 0.5.0 to 0.6.0. See the [changelog](https://zrepl.github.io/changelog.html) for details.
+
 - `k3s` no longer supports docker as runtime due to upstream dropping support.
 
 - `cassandra_2_1` and `cassandra_2_2` have been removed. Please update to `cassandra_3_11` or `cassandra_3_0`. See the [changelog](https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/cassandra-3.11.14/NEWS.txt) for more information about the upgrade process.
diff --git a/nixos/tests/zrepl.nix b/nixos/tests/zrepl.nix
index 0ed73fea34b0..b16c7eddc7ae 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/zrepl.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/zrepl.nix
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix (
           out = host.succeed("curl -f localhost:9811/metrics")
 
           assert (
-              "zrepl_version_daemon" in out
-          ), "zrepl version metric was not found in Prometheus output"
+              "zrepl_start_time" in out
+          ), "zrepl start time metric was not found in Prometheus output"
 
           assert (
               "zrepl_zfs_snapshot_duration_count{filesystem=\"test\"}" in out
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/zrepl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/zrepl/default.nix
index 01eea9c7679b..098e898c2b43 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/backup/zrepl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/backup/zrepl/default.nix
@@ -8,24 +8,16 @@
 }:
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "zrepl";
-  version = "0.5.0";
+  version = "0.6.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "zrepl";
     repo = "zrepl";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "4q/wwlF11HPDS2lTXUizJ3RFQ9sX5qNnWZUKAgnvDiE=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-XazwuaAzgTuKITF1mYihsNwkIKi5fvZrCvlCDKwxj4U=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # fix build with go 1.18
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/zrepl/zrepl/commit/19b2deb2cfe5e63b944fa83d12f474b11946ca3f.patch";
-      sha256 = "sha256-/SQhU1LnN2n4nwgWF6mq7sW2u52y8mwr6yntakAvSuk=";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  vendorSha256 = "sha256-xToq9pKAxxknh4kE8S3uUg5ySPMbJkLftkMhofNxotc=";
+  vendorSha256 = "sha256-75fGejR7eiECsm1j3yIU1lAWaW9GrorrVnv8JEzkAtU=";
 
   subPackages = [ "." ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6cbe2b6bf86c..96a49cd5645b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -37846,9 +37846,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   zfs-replicate = python3Packages.callPackage ../tools/backup/zfs-replicate { };
 
-  zrepl = callPackage ../tools/backup/zrepl {
-    buildGoModule = buildGo118Module; # nixosTests.zrepl fails with 1.19
-  };
+  zrepl = callPackage ../tools/backup/zrepl { };
 
   uhubctl = callPackage ../tools/misc/uhubctl {};