diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/git-series/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/git-series/default.nix
index 44120ad023a..7d94863ea1c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/git-series/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/git-series/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ buildRustPackage rec {
 
   cargoDepsHook = ''
     (
-      cd ${name}-src
+      cd */
       # see https://github.com/git-series/git-series/pull/56
       patch -p1 < ${fetchpatch {
         url = "https://github.com/Mic92/git-series/commit/3aa30a47d74ebf90b444dccdf8c153f07f119483.patch";