diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/wamr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/wamr/default.nix
index 41c688c3a4d0..12e9d8831d36 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/wamr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/wamr/default.nix
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "wamr";
-  version = "1.2.2";
+  version = "1.2.3";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "bytecodealliance";
     repo = "wasm-micro-runtime";
     rev = "WAMR-${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-jpT42up9HAVJpo03cFrffQQk2JiHEAEepBGlU4RUfNU=";
+    hash = "sha256-bnia0ORC0YajO7I3XDMdpjlktDqOiXDlGcf12N1G+eg=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     description = "WebAssembly Micro Runtime";
     homepage = "https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasm-micro-runtime";
     license = licenses.asl20;
+    mainProgram = "iwasm";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ereslibre ];
     # TODO (ereslibre): this derivation should be improved to support
     # more platforms.