diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/magit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/magit/default.nix
index a0f95acf716..3793f5d1e6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/magit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/magit/default.nix
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "magit-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/downloads/magit/magit/${name}.tar.gz";
+    url = "https://github.com/magit/magit/releases/download/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "1in48g5l5xdc9cf2apnpgx73mqlz2njrpi1w52dgql4qxv3kg6gr";
   };
-
   buildInputs = [ emacs texinfo ];
 
   configurePhase = "makeFlagsArray=( PREFIX=$out SYSCONFDIR=$out/etc )";