diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf5/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf5/default.nix
index bbea88413c77..d62fd84adbc4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf5/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
-, fetchurl
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , cmake
 , removeReferencesTo
 , cppSupport ? true
@@ -28,21 +28,18 @@ assert !cppSupport || !mpiSupport;
 let inherit (lib) optional optionals; in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.14.3";
+  version = "1.14.4.3";
   pname = "hdf5"
     + lib.optionalString cppSupport "-cpp"
     + lib.optionalString fortranSupport "-fortran"
     + lib.optionalString mpiSupport "-mpi"
     + lib.optionalString threadsafe "-threadsafe";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url =
-      let
-        majorMinor = lib.versions.majorMinor version;
-        majorMinorPatch = with lib.versions; "${major version}.${minor version}.${patch version}";
-      in
-      "https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/hdf5-${majorMinor}/hdf5-${majorMinorPatch}/src/hdf5-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "sha256-lCXyJO110SgLtG1vJpI92Tj5BA5+rr9X5m7HNXwI+Rc=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "HDFGroup";
+    repo = "hdf5";
+    rev = "hdf5_${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-lvz3x04SS0oZmUn/BIxQEHnugaDOws46kfT3NAw7Hos=";
   };
 
   passthru = {