diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/tcpdump/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/tcpdump/default.nix
index a7130a3891b..77e74569ee5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/tcpdump/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/tcpdump/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, libpcap, enableStatic ? false
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, libpcap, enableStatic ? false
 , hostPlatform
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "tcpdump-${version}";
-  version = "4.9.0";
+  version = "4.9.1";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    #url = "http://www.tcpdump.org/release/${name}.tar.gz";
-    url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_${version}.orig.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0pjsxsy8l71i813sa934cwf1ryp9xbr7nxwsvnzavjdirchq3sga";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub rec {
+    owner = "the-tcpdump-group";
+    repo = "tcpdump";
+    rev = "${repo}-${version}";
+    sha256 = "1vzrvn1q7x28h18yskqc390y357pzpg5xd3pzzj4xz3llnvsr64p";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ libpcap ];