diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/junit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/junit/default.nix
index ea9b1029efc9..c1d713950b40 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/junit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/junit/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, unzip} :
+{stdenv, fetchgit, unzip} :
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "junit-4.8.2";
   builder = ./builder.sh;
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://github.com/downloads/KentBeck/junit/junit4.8.2.zip;
-    sha256 = "01simvc3pmgp27p7vzavmsx5rphm6hqzwrqfkwllhf3812dcqxy6";
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = https://github.com/junit-team/junit.git;
+    rev = "refs/tags/r4.8.2";
+    sha256 = "1w73l3x97kg8zmrp44xgvp3gr6sih0crm0dhhky6jiq915ba1dlh";
   };
 
   inherit unzip;