diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 0574c1db8754..be41183b2868 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -816,7 +816,8 @@ in {
   tor = handleTest ./tor.nix {};
   traefik = handleTestOn ["aarch64-linux" "x86_64-linux"] ./traefik.nix {};
   trafficserver = handleTest ./trafficserver.nix {};
-  transmission = handleTest ./transmission.nix {};
+  transmission = handleTest ./transmission.nix { transmission = pkgs.transmission; };
+  transmission_4 = handleTest ./transmission.nix { transmission = pkgs.transmission_4; };
   # tracee requires bpf
   tracee = handleTestOn ["x86_64-linux"] ./tracee.nix {};
   trezord = handleTest ./trezord.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/transmission.nix b/nixos/tests/transmission.nix
index b69ddd84d009..03fc9a421510 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/transmission.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/transmission.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, transmission, ... }: {
   name = "transmission";
   meta = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; {
     maintainers = [ coconnor ];
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} : {
     security.apparmor.enable = true;
 
     services.transmission.enable = true;
+    services.transmission.package = transmission;
   };
 
   testScript =
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/4.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/4.nix
index c0c5e22ae77d..07cdbcd25d57 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/4.nix
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   passthru.tests = {
-    apparmor = nixosTests.transmission; # starts the service with apparmor enabled
+    apparmor = nixosTests.transmission_4; # starts the service with apparmor enabled
     smoke-test = nixosTests.bittorrent;
   };