diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/mysqld-exporter.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/mysqld-exporter.nix
index ff32764fcde6..9a856eedf682 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/mysqld-exporter.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/prometheus/mysqld-exporter.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
-{ lib, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
-buildGoPackage rec {
+buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "mysqld_exporter";
-  version = "0.12.1";
+  version = "0.13.0";
   rev = "v${version}";
 
-  goPackagePath = "github.com/prometheus/mysqld_exporter";
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     inherit rev;
     owner = "prometheus";
     repo = "mysqld_exporter";
-    sha256 = "0nzbfzx4dzs3cagdid1fqddrqimgr8x6r8gmmxglrss05c8srgs8";
+    sha256 = "05gb6p65a0ys356qnanwc40klz1izrib37rz5yzyg2ysvamlvmys";
   };
 
+  vendorSha256 = "19785rfzlx8h0h8vmg0ghd40h3p4y6ikhgf8rd2qfj5f6qxfhrgv";
+
+  # skips tests with external dependencies, e.g. on mysqld
+  checkFlags = [ "-short" ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Prometheus exporter for MySQL server metrics";
     homepage = "https://github.com/prometheus/mysqld_exporter";