diff --git a/modules/programs/broot.nix b/modules/programs/broot.nix
index c1ce94776..7daba09f5 100644
--- a/modules/programs/broot.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/broot.nix
@@ -228,9 +228,9 @@ in {
 
     programs.broot.settings = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile
       (pkgs.runCommand "default-conf.json" {
-        nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.hjson ];
+        nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.hjson-go ];
       }
-        "hjson -c ${cfg.package.src}/resources/default-conf/conf.hjson > $out"));
+        "hjson-cli -c ${cfg.package.src}/resources/default-conf/conf.hjson > $out"));
 
     programs.bash.initExtra = mkIf cfg.enableBashIntegration (shellInit "bash");
 
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/broot/broot.nix b/tests/modules/programs/broot/broot.nix
index f4061b692..d4f60a7c2 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/broot/broot.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/broot/broot.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     settings.modal = true;
   };
 
-  nixpkgs.overlays = [ (self: super: { inherit (realPkgs) broot hjson; }) ];
+  nixpkgs.overlays = [ (self: super: { inherit (realPkgs) broot hjson-go; }) ];
 
   nmt.script = ''
     assertFileExists home-files/.config/broot/conf.toml