diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/picom/picom-next.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/picom/picom-next.nix
index e26519b034ef..22c748088074 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/picom/picom-next.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/picom/picom-next.nix
@@ -29,5 +29,7 @@ picom.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-Mzf0533roLSODjMCPKyGSMbP7lIbT+PoLTZfoIBAI6g=";
   };
 
-  meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; oldAttrs.meta.maintainers ++ [ GKasparov ];
+  meta = oldAttrs.meta // {
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; oldAttrs.meta.maintainers ++ [ GKasparov ];
+  };
 })