diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix
index d047a768233..4bfa564a67f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nextcloud.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ let
   cfg = config.services.nextcloud;
   fpm = config.services.phpfpm.pools.nextcloud;
 
-  phpPackage = pkgs.php74.buildEnv {
+  phpPackage = cfg.phpPackage.buildEnv {
     extensions = { enabled, all }:
       (with all;
         enabled
@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ in {
       description = "Which package to use for the Nextcloud instance.";
       relatedPackages = [ "nextcloud19" "nextcloud20" "nextcloud21" "nextcloud22" ];
     };
+    phpPackage = mkOption {
+      type = types.package;
+      relatedPackages = [ "php74" "php80" ];
+      defaultText = "pkgs.php";
+      description = ''
+        PHP package to use for Nextcloud.
+      '';
+    };
 
     maxUploadSize = mkOption {
       default = "512M";
@@ -450,6 +458,10 @@ in {
           else if versionOlder stateVersion "21.03" then nextcloud19
           else nextcloud21
         );
+
+      services.nextcloud.phpPackage =
+        if versionOlder cfg.package.version "21" then pkgs.php74
+        else pkgs.php80;
     }
 
     { systemd.timers.nextcloud-cron = {
diff --git a/nixos/tests/nextcloud/basic.nix b/nixos/tests/nextcloud/basic.nix
index c4ce34748ac..40ee9d5184c 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/nextcloud/basic.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/nextcloud/basic.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...}: let
+args@{ pkgs, nextcloudVersion ? 22, ... }:
+
+(import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...}: let
   adminpass = "notproduction";
   adminuser = "root";
 in {
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ in {
           inherit adminpass;
           dbtableprefix = "nixos_";
         };
+        package = pkgs.${"nextcloud" + (toString nextcloudVersion)};
         autoUpdateApps = {
           enable = true;
           startAt = "20:00";
@@ -100,4 +103,4 @@ in {
     )
     assert "hi" in client.succeed("cat /mnt/dav/test-shared-file")
   '';
-})
+})) args
diff --git a/nixos/tests/nextcloud/default.nix b/nixos/tests/nextcloud/default.nix
index e4c7a70606c..65043e509b3 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/nextcloud/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/nextcloud/default.nix
@@ -2,8 +2,20 @@
   config ? {},
   pkgs ? import ../../.. { inherit system config; }
 }:
-{
-  basic = import ./basic.nix { inherit system pkgs; };
-  with-postgresql-and-redis = import ./with-postgresql-and-redis.nix { inherit system pkgs; };
-  with-mysql-and-memcached = import ./with-mysql-and-memcached.nix { inherit system pkgs; };
-}
+
+with pkgs.lib;
+
+foldl
+  (matrix: ver: matrix // {
+    "basic${toString ver}" = import ./basic.nix { inherit system pkgs; nextcloudVersion = ver; };
+    "with-postgresql-and-redis${toString ver}" = import ./with-postgresql-and-redis.nix {
+      inherit system pkgs;
+      nextcloudVersion = ver;
+    };
+    "with-mysql-and-memcached${toString ver}" = import ./with-mysql-and-memcached.nix {
+      inherit system pkgs;
+      nextcloudVersion = ver;
+    };
+  })
+  {}
+  [ 20 21 22 ]
diff --git a/nixos/tests/nextcloud/with-mysql-and-memcached.nix b/nixos/tests/nextcloud/with-mysql-and-memcached.nix
index de5f53d559a..c0df773eaaa 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/nextcloud/with-mysql-and-memcached.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/nextcloud/with-mysql-and-memcached.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...}: let
+args@{ pkgs, nextcloudVersion ? 22, ... }:
+
+(import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...}: let
   adminpass = "hunter2";
   adminuser = "root";
 in {
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ in {
         enable = true;
         hostName = "nextcloud";
         https = true;
+        package = pkgs.${"nextcloud" + (toString nextcloudVersion)};
         caching = {
           apcu = true;
           redis = false;
@@ -103,4 +106,4 @@ in {
         "${withRcloneEnv} ${diffSharedFile}"
     )
   '';
-})
+})) args
diff --git a/nixos/tests/nextcloud/with-postgresql-and-redis.nix b/nixos/tests/nextcloud/with-postgresql-and-redis.nix
index 81af620598e..36a69fda505 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/nextcloud/with-postgresql-and-redis.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/nextcloud/with-postgresql-and-redis.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...}: let
+args@{ pkgs, nextcloudVersion ? 22, ... }:
+
+(import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...}: let
   adminpass = "hunter2";
   adminuser = "custom-admin-username";
 in {
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ in {
       services.nextcloud = {
         enable = true;
         hostName = "nextcloud";
+        package = pkgs.${"nextcloud" + (toString nextcloudVersion)};
         caching = {
           apcu = false;
           redis = true;
@@ -96,4 +99,4 @@ in {
         "${withRcloneEnv} ${diffSharedFile}"
     )
   '';
-})
+})) args