diff --git a/docs/installation.adoc b/docs/installation.adoc
index 3bbdb4b7e..19df6fcab 100644
--- a/docs/installation.adoc
+++ b/docs/installation.adoc
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ $ nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/master
 $ nix-channel --update
 ----
 +
-and if you follow a Nixpkgs version 21.05 channel you can run
+and if you follow a Nixpkgs version 21.11 channel you can run
 +
 [source,console]
 ----
-$ nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/release-21.05.tar.gz home-manager
+$ nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/release-21.11.tar.gz home-manager
 $ nix-channel --update
 ----
 +
@@ -135,11 +135,11 @@ or an unstable channel, you can run
 # nix-channel --update
 ----
 
-and if you follow a Nixpkgs version 21.05 channel, you can run
+and if you follow a Nixpkgs version 21.11 channel, you can run
 
 [source,console]
 ----
-# nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/release-21.05.tar.gz home-manager
+# nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/release-21.11.tar.gz home-manager
 # nix-channel --update
 ----
 
@@ -237,11 +237,11 @@ or an unstable channel, you can run
 # nix-channel --update
 ----
 
-and if you follow a Nixpkgs version 21.05 channel, you can run
+and if you follow a Nixpkgs version 21.11 channel, you can run
 
 [source,console]
 ----
-# nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/release-21.05.tar.gz home-manager
+# nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/release-21.11.tar.gz home-manager
 # nix-channel --update
 ----
 
diff --git a/modules/home-environment.nix b/modules/home-environment.nix
index 2a01b3071..dd8b9817f 100644
--- a/modules/home-environment.nix
+++ b/modules/home-environment.nix
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ in
 
     home.enableNixpkgsReleaseCheck = mkOption {
       type = types.bool;
-      default = true;
+      default = false;          # Temporarily disabled until release stabilizes.
       description = ''
         Determines whether to check for release version mismatch between Home
         Manager and Nixpkgs. Using mismatched versions is likely to cause errors
diff --git a/tests/default.nix b/tests/default.nix
index 5e41100e0..2b760dab7 100644
--- a/tests/default.nix
+++ b/tests/default.nix
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ let
       home.username = "hm-user";
       home.homeDirectory = "/home/hm-user";
 
-      home.enableNixpkgsReleaseCheck = false;
-
       # Avoid including documentation since this will cause
       # unnecessary rebuilds of the tests.
       manual.manpages.enable = false;