diff --git a/pkgs/tools/games/gamemode/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/games/gamemode/default.nix
index 87879c2d770f..4fc7d9e54f91 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/games/gamemode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/games/gamemode/default.nix
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "FeralInteractive";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = version;
+    repo = "gamemode";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${finalAttrs.version}";
     sha256 = "sha256-DIFcmWFkoZOklo1keYcCl6n2GJgzWKC8usHFcJmfarU=";
   };