diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/opengrok/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/opengrok/default.nix
index fa77890655e..c2268ba8da2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/opengrok/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/opengrok/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,22 @@
 { fetchurl, stdenv, jre, ctags, makeWrapper, coreutils, git }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "opengrok-0.12.1";
+  name = "opengrok-${version}";
+  version = "0.12.5";
 
+  # 0.12.5 is the latest distributed as a .tar.gz file.
+  # Newer are distribued as .zip so a source build is required.
+
+  # if builded from source
+  #src = fetchurl {
+  #  url = "https://github.com/OpenGrok/OpenGrok/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
+  #  sha256 = "01r7ipnj915rnyxyqrnmjfagkip23q5lx9g787qb7qrnbvgfi118";
+  #};
+
+  # binary distribution
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://java.net/projects/opengrok/downloads/download/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0ihaqgf1z2gsjmy2q96m0s07dpnh92j3ss3myiqjdsh9957fwg79";
+    url = https://github.com/OpenGrok/OpenGrok/files/213268/opengrok-0.12.1.5.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "c3ce079f6ed1526c475cb4b9a7aa901f75507318c93b436d6c14eba4098e4ead";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];