diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/act/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/act/default.nix
index 227fb27051a..03bd2696cce 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/act/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/act/default.nix
@@ -2,20 +2,22 @@
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "act";
-  version = "0.2.4";
+  version = "0.2.5";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "nektos";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1sn36686nfmqvhmippdapk0pxqx3x1q4dwdyhjr8j8scyfrk68iv";
+    sha256 = "00clafq3izvfwxkb85hf6s40yfw2hpsfz3xg4da28pgh1wlqb9ps";
   };
 
   modSha256 = "0ghp61m8fxg1iwq2ypmp99cqv3n16c06v2xzg9v34299vmd89gi2";
 
+  buildFlagsArray = [ "-ldflags=-s -w -X main.version=${version}" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Run your GitHub Actions locally";
-    homepage = "https://circleci.com/";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nektos/act";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ filalex77 ];
   };