diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/tuareg/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/tuareg/default.nix
index ce25f5ab05d..364daed439d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/tuareg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/tuareg/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, emacs }:
+{ stdenv, fetchzip, emacs }:
 
 # this package installs the emacs-mode which
 # resides in the ocaml compiler sources.
 
-let version = "2.0.8";
+let version = "2.0.9";
 
 in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "tuareg-mode-${version}";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = https://forge.ocamlcore.org/frs/download.php/882/tuareg-2.0.8.tar.bz2;
-    sha256 = "128ibdzv5rf33b71d7b3gr9plmfamc28aprl8y0ap0ivc8jaqyga";
+  src = fetchzip {
+    url = "https://github.com/ocaml/tuareg/releases/download/${version}/tuareg-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1rd7ai1wn476zfkkxv2xk72bbzi4d9c17gngd35882q4b5vzp756";
   }; 
 
   buildInputs = [ emacs ];
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    homepage = http://caml.inria.fr;
+    homepage =  https://github.com/ocaml/tuareg;
     description = "OCaml mode package for Emacs";
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
   };
 }