diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/zeromq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/zeromq/default.nix
index 5735c4b814d4..98fab4f9e898 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/zeromq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/zeromq/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 {
   buildOctavePackage,
   lib,
-  fetchurl,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   zeromq,
   pkg-config,
   autoreconfHook,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
 buildOctavePackage rec {
   pname = "zeromq";
-  version = "1.5.5";
+  version = "1.5.7";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/octave/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-MAZEpbVuragVuXrMJ8q5/jU5cTchosAtrAR6ElLwfss=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "gnu-octave";
+    repo = "octave-zeromq";
+    tag = "release-${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-2n/Cc4E/qYeN5Ku+Lmg/UCJhiYNbXkFIY8s4/SP2J+Y=";
   };
 
   preAutoreconf = ''
@@ -33,6 +36,13 @@ buildOctavePackage rec {
     zeromq
   ];
 
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script {
+    extraArgs = [
+      "--version-regex"
+      "release-(.*)"
+    ];
+  };
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://gnu-octave.github.io/packages/zeromq/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;