diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/avalanchego/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/av/avalanchego/package.nix
similarity index 52%
rename from pkgs/applications/networking/avalanchego/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/av/avalanchego/package.nix
index 97bf552604d4..c80180fc5621 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/avalanchego/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/av/avalanchego/package.nix
@@ -1,26 +1,27 @@
-{ IOKit
-, buildGoModule
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, lib
-, stdenv
+{
+  buildGoModule,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  lib,
+  nix-update-script,
+  stdenv,
 }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "avalanchego";
-  version = "1.11.11";
+  version = "1.12.0-initial-poc.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ava-labs";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-9NhwxB5AeGvQgZbjNu5WWHiP194ws7s1WDtCntLr//g=";
+    repo = "avalanchego";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-LBwmoegsBWC2xlTc3BJDxyYX58b+X7g5xl9vnThVHW0=";
   };
 
-  vendorHash = "sha256-A8Bf/KzTFvC/hFLU1k6M89649wjoqnIXRQ1uJaTj9YA=";
-  # go mod vendor has a bug, see: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/57529
+  # https://github.com/golang/go/issues/57529
   proxyVendor = true;
 
-  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ IOKit ];
+  vendorHash = "sha256-slu0f0Y33aGuVpN5pZcRp9RJAXcLnZyUNO7pFdm+HrY=";
+
 
   subPackages = [ "main" ];
 
@@ -34,12 +35,17 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     mv $out/bin/{main,${pname}}
   '';
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
     description = "Go implementation of an Avalanche node";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego";
     changelog = "https://github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/releases/tag/v${version}";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ urandom qjoly ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      urandom
+      qjoly
+    ];
     mainProgram = "avalanchego";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 727b2431c493..414d4ad4b5ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -27895,10 +27895,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   av-98 = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/av-98 { };
 
-  avalanchego = callPackage ../applications/networking/avalanchego {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) IOKit;
-  };
-
   avizo = callPackage ../applications/misc/avizo { };
 
   avocode = callPackage ../applications/graphics/avocode { };