diff --git a/srcpkgs/yajl/template b/srcpkgs/yajl/template
index 6bc21103457..dc70de8e6bc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/yajl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/yajl/template
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ short_desc="Yet Another JSON Library"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="ISC"
 homepage="http://lloyd.github.io/yajl/"
-distfiles="https://github.com/lloyd/yajl/archive/$version.tar.gz"
+distfiles="https://github.com/lloyd/yajl/archive/refs/tags/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=3fb73364a5a30efe615046d07e6db9d09fd2b41c763c5f7d3bfb121cd5c5ac5a
 
 post_install() {