diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-recent/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-recent/default.nix
index ab692a89fb56..58f61ec528d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-recent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-recent/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "paulirish";
     repo = "git-recent";
-    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     sha256 = "sha256-b6AWLEXCOza+lIHlvyYs3M6yHGr2StYXzl7OsA9gv/k=";
   };