diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_amalgamation.yml b/.github/workflows/check_amalgamation.yml
index e7aee7043..ba66ad120 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_amalgamation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_amalgamation.yml
@@ -92,7 +92,17 @@ jobs:
             $(find $SOURCE_DIRS -type f \( -name '*.hpp' -o -name '*.cpp' -o -name '*.cu' \) -not -path 'tests/thirdparty/*' -not -path 'tests/abi/include/nlohmann/*' | sort)
 
       - name: Regenerate nlohmann_json.natvis
-        run: python3 $NATVIS_TOOL_DIR/generate_natvis.py $MAIN_DIR
+        run: |
+          cd $MAIN_DIR
+          # Pass --version explicitly so this step also works with the tool
+          # copy from develop before this repository's own generate_natvis.py
+          # learns to derive the version itself: the older script requires
+          # --version, and the newer one accepts it as an explicit override.
+          ABI_MACROS=include/nlohmann/detail/abi_macros.hpp
+          VERSION_MAJOR=$(grep -m1 'define NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MAJOR' $ABI_MACROS | grep -o '[0-9]\+')
+          VERSION_MINOR=$(grep -m1 'define NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MINOR' $ABI_MACROS | grep -o '[0-9]\+')
+          VERSION_PATCH=$(grep -m1 'define NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_PATCH' $ABI_MACROS | grep -o '[0-9]\+')
+          python3 $NATVIS_TOOL_DIR/generate_natvis.py --version "$VERSION_MAJOR.$VERSION_MINOR.$VERSION_PATCH" $MAIN_DIR
 
       - name: Build patch and check for differences
         id: diff