diff --git a/srcpkgs/nix/update b/srcpkgs/nix/update
index 40c9aea49b3..3ec3fd4e557 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nix/update
+++ b/srcpkgs/nix/update
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-site='https://nixos.org/releases/nix/'
-pattern='nix-\K[\d.]+'
+site='https://github.com/NixOS/nix/tags'
+pattern='/tags/\K[\d.]+(?=.tar.gz)'