diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab-shell/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab-shell/default.nix
index ac05ca4c484..ab0ff74f03f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab-shell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab-shell/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
 { stdenv, ruby, bundler, fetchFromGitLab, go }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "5.9.3";
+  version = "5.10.2";
   name = "gitlab-shell-${version}";
 
   srcs = fetchFromGitLab {
     owner = "gitlab-org";
     repo = "gitlab-shell";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "12iil8ap9lbd7skj7xr2v6lsyjdd97svbmyj0n2j8m819fv0x27p";
+    sha256 = "16lwnzsppql7pkf8fka6cwkghdr57g225zvln9ii29w7nzz1hvaf";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [
-    ruby bundler go
-  ];
+  buildInputs = [ ruby bundler go ];
 
   patches = [ ./remove-hardcoded-locations.patch ./fixes.patch ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab-shell/remove-hardcoded-locations.patch b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab-shell/remove-hardcoded-locations.patch
index dd1ecafb8bf..f28e74b88c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab-shell/remove-hardcoded-locations.patch
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitlab-shell/remove-hardcoded-locations.patch
@@ -25,3 +25,16 @@ index e7d0254..181ec8a 100644
    end
  
    def api
+diff --git a/go/internal/config/config.go b/go/internal/config/config.go
+index c57b4de..88cfc95 100644
+--- a/go/internal/config/config.go
++++ b/go/internal/config/config.go
+@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func New() (*Config, error) {
+ 	}
+ 	cfg.RootDir = dir
+ 
+-	configBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path.Join(cfg.RootDir, configFile))
++	configBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(os.Getenv("GITLAB_SHELL_CONFIG_PATH"))
+ 	if err != nil {
+ 		return nil, err
+ 	}