diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/generic-v3.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/generic-v3.nix
index 5f0006c0589..79e4c387cdf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/generic-v3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/generic-v3.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   # make sure you test also -A pythonPackages.protobuf
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "google";
+    owner = "protocolbuffers";
     repo = "protobuf";
     rev = "v${version}";
     inherit sha256;