diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/jflex/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/jflex/default.nix
index 6947536fafb..bc7b2f1d363 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/jflex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/jflex/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "jflex-1.6.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://jflex.de/${name}.tar.gz";
+    url = "http://jflex.de/release/${name}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "1h7q2vhb4s42g4pqz5xxxliagprray7i9krr6hyaz1mjlx7gnycq";
   };