diff --git a/srcpkgs/irssi/template b/srcpkgs/irssi/template
index 20cf975fbdc..cc303dcbf5d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/irssi/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/irssi/template
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ homepage="http://www.irssi.org"
 short_desc="Secure and modular IRC client with text mode user interface"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2"
-distfiles="http://www.irssi.org/files/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+distfiles="https://github.com/irssi-import/irssi/releases/download/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=3c9600cad2edf58f1d012febc1a0ba844274df6e331c01a9e935467705166807
 
 LDFLAGS="-lncursesw"