diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/ssl-proxy/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/ssl-proxy/default.nix
index 1bfb1418355f..da710379e5fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/ssl-proxy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/ssl-proxy/default.nix
@@ -2,20 +2,16 @@
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "ssl-proxy";
-  version = "0.2.7";
+  version = "0.2.7-unstable-2024-02-05";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "suyashkumar";
     repo = "ssl-proxy";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-c9BLdDlkrg1z1QrO+vEAVyPtrV/nQcYlGXFmwfAOSpQ=";
+    rev = "6b0f364be9bbf0de46520a6b85d30792fcc3cb80";
+    hash = "sha256-tYAsz99YCOOEyxPp8Yp+PTn+q2Edir+xy4Vs0yyHWOQ=";
   };
 
-  vendorHash = "sha256-310K9ZSxy/OQ4HYFCcHQaj4NQwzATrOZ2YkhiSkhY5I=";
-
-  patches = [
-    ./go120-compatibility.patch
-  ];
+  vendorHash = "sha256-PQ465+4AcH0wP4z2GsGdf/yABaGezaPq+eM0U2lu13o=";
 
   checkTarget = "test";
 
@@ -30,6 +26,6 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     license = licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "ssl-proxy";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.konst-aa ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin ++ platforms.windows ;
+    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin ++ platforms.windows;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/ssl-proxy/go120-compatibility.patch b/pkgs/tools/networking/ssl-proxy/go120-compatibility.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 868ca39a5414..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/ssl-proxy/go120-compatibility.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-Check whether User-Agent is defined before trying to override it
-
-Since Go 1.20 [1], ReverseProxy no longer adds a User-Agent header to forwarded
-requests.
-
-[1] https://github.com/golang/go/commit/f001df540b3fc66a475985c1b7c810e7df063c8f
-
---- a/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go
-+++ b/reverseproxy/reverseproxy.go
-@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func newDirector(target *url.URL, extraDirector func(*http.Request)) func(*http.
- 		} else {
- 			req.URL.RawQuery = targetQuery + "&" + req.URL.RawQuery
- 		}
--		if _, ok := req.Header["User-Agent"]; !ok {
-+		if req.Header.Get("User-Agent") != "" {
- 			// explicitly disable User-Agent so it's not set to default value
- 			req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "")
- 		}