diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/node-exporter.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/node-exporter.nix
index 0819349769ed..fd90e4c39bb1 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/node-exporter.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/node-exporter.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 buildGoPackage rec {
   name = "node_exporter-${version}";
-  version = "0.17.0";
+  version = "0.18.1";
   rev = "v${version}";
 
   goPackagePath = "github.com/prometheus/node_exporter";
@@ -11,12 +11,18 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
     inherit rev;
     owner = "prometheus";
     repo = "node_exporter";
-    sha256 = "08g4dg6zcr95j88apsxp828jfyx4vq271w1mgkf77c46c16d2nh0";
+    sha256 = "0s3sp1gj86p7npxl38hkgs6ymd3wjjmc5hydyg1b5wh0x3yvpx07";
   };
 
   # FIXME: tests fail due to read-only nix store
   doCheck = false;
 
+  buildFlagsArray = ''
+    -ldflags=
+        -X ${goPackagePath}/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/version.Version=${version}
+        -X ${goPackagePath}/vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/version.Revision=${rev}
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Prometheus exporter for machine metrics";
     homepage = https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter;