diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf5/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf5/default.nix
index 3eea2fc9190..bcfca5fddb5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf5/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "1.8.14";
   name = "hdf5-${version}";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/current/src/hdf5-${version}.tar.gz";
+    url = "http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/hdf5-${version}/src/hdf5-${version}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "0f86gv32pjrrphvamgims1dd7f3bp46hjarbcdy8k4gmyzpgxghx";
  };