diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/oniguruma/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/oniguruma/default.nix
index 62b0080fce0..eccfccbaf04 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/oniguruma/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/oniguruma/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "onig-5.9.5";
+  name = "onig-${version}";
+  version = "6.6.1";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://www.geocities.jp/kosako3/oniguruma/archive/onig-5.9.5.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "12j3fsdb8hbhnj29hysal9l7i7s71l0ln3lx8hjpxx5535wawjcz";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "kkos";
+    repo = "oniguruma";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "062g5443dyxsraq346panfqvbd6wal6nmb336n4dw1rszx576sxz";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
   meta = {
-    homepage = http://www.geocities.jp/kosako3/oniguruma/;
+    homepage = https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma;
     description = "Regular expressions library";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ fuuzetsu ];