diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/silgraphite/graphite2.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/silgraphite/graphite2.nix
index 83f64d1eb009..4e23a36939de 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/silgraphite/graphite2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/silgraphite/graphite2.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, freetype, cmake }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.2.4";
+  version = "1.3.6";
   name = "graphite2-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/silgraphite/graphite2/${name}.tgz";
-    sha256 = "00xhv1mp640fr3wmdzwn4yz0g56jd4r9fb7b02mc1g19h0bdbhsb";
+    url = "https://github.com/silnrsi/graphite/releases/download/"
+      + "${version}/graphite-${version}.tgz";
+    sha256 = "0xdg6bc02bl8yz39l5i2skczfg17q4lif0qqan0dhvk0mibpcpj7";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig freetype cmake ];