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 b30bd7940aab..0d0e2647a070 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
@@ -479,6 +479,12 @@
           dbus service.
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          The <literal>nomad</literal> package now defaults to 1.3,
+          which no longer has a downgrade path to releases 1.2 or older.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
   </section>
 </section>
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
index c248856a74e5..c560da8df27a 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md
@@ -165,4 +165,6 @@ Use `configure.packages` instead.
 
 - There is a new module for the `xfconf` program (the Xfce configuration storage system), which has a dbus service.
 
+- The `nomad` package now defaults to 1.3, which no longer has a downgrade path to releases 1.2 or older.
+
 <!-- To avoid merge conflicts, consider adding your item at an arbitrary place in the list instead. -->
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0438cec07576..d462b0149147 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9032,7 +9032,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   noip = callPackage ../tools/networking/noip { };
 
-  nomad = nomad_1_2;
+  nomad = nomad_1_3;
 
   # Nomad never updates major go versions within a release series and is unsupported
   # on Go versions that it did not ship with. Due to historic bugs when compiled
@@ -9040,11 +9040,9 @@ with pkgs;
   # Upstream partially documents used Go versions here
   # https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/blob/master/contributing/golang.md
   nomad_1_2 = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/nomad/1.2.nix {
-    # pinned due to build failure or vendoring problems. When unpinning double check with: nix-build -A $name.go-modules --rebuild
     buildGoModule = buildGo117Module;
   };
   nomad_1_3 = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/nomad/1.3.nix {
-    # pinned due to build failure or vendoring problems. When unpinning double check with: nix-build -A $name.go-modules --rebuild
     buildGoModule = buildGo118Module;
   };