diff --git a/release.nix b/release.nix
index 1af6424dd..1d7c2e2d6 100644
--- a/release.nix
+++ b/release.nix
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ let
 
           substitute ${./scripts/install.in} $out/install \
             ${pkgs.lib.concatMapStrings
-              (system: "--replace '@binaryTarball_${system}@' $(nix hash-file --base16 --type sha256 ${binaryTarball.${system}}/*.tar.xz) ")
+              (system: "--replace '@binaryTarball_${system}@' $(nix --experimental-features nix-command hash-file --base16 --type sha256 ${binaryTarball.${system}}/*.tar.xz) ")
               [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" "x86_64-darwin" "aarch64-linux" ]
             } \
             --replace '@nixVersion@' ${build.x86_64-linux.src.version}