diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/stgit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/stgit/default.nix
index 7130e057d971..64e700273d12 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/stgit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/stgit/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, python2, git }:
 
 let
-  name = "stgit-0.17.1";
+  name = "stgit-${version}";
+  version = "0.18";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   inherit name;
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://download.gna.org/stgit/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1pka0ns9x0kabn036zsf0mwmwiynckhnva51kgxsch9fqah6acyl";
+    url = "https://github.com/ctmarinas/stgit/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "19fk6vw3pgp2a98wpd4j3kyiyll5dy9bi4921wq1mrky0l53mj00";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ python2 git ];