diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/unwrapped.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/unwrapped.nix
index 9e018215dad..ba35c24ecf5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/unwrapped.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/unwrapped.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ let
   kodi_src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "xbmc";
     repo   = "xbmc";
-    rev    = "v${kodiVersion}";
+    rev    = "${kodiVersion}-${rel}";
     sha256 = "0jh67vw3983lnfgqzqfislawwbpq0vxxk1ljsg7mar06mlwfxb7h";
   };