diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/modules.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/modules.nix
index d3d5f8882fdf..a635ef92b25c 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/modules.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/modules.nix
@@ -373,11 +373,13 @@ let self = {
 
   lua = rec {
     name = "lua";
+    version = "0.10.22";
+
     src = fetchFromGitHub {
       name = "lua";
       owner = "openresty";
       repo = "lua-nginx-module";
-      rev = "v0.10.22";
+      rev = "v${version}";
       sha256 = "sha256-TyeTL7/0dI2wS2eACS4sI+9tu7UpDq09aemMaklkUss=";
     };