diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/vale/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/vale/default.nix
index 11c611710cd..52a5c9341f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/vale/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/vale/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "vale";
-  version = "2.6.5";
+  version = "2.6.8";
 
   subPackages = [ "." ];
   outputs = [ "out" "data" ];
@@ -11,13 +11,11 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     owner  = "errata-ai";
     repo   = "vale";
     rev    = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0rvcxlw8xd7sjcsvr6di04l8ml990im2c8yl3hn8054wkp51yb4l";
+    sha256 = "sha256-evvnIM8sd/eHpI2FYOlgjvGn8awTVc1f5QDIYAvhqmk=";
   };
 
   vendorSha256 = null;
 
-  doCheck = false;
-
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $data/share/vale
     cp -r styles $data/share/vale