diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fb/fb303/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fb/fb303/package.nix
index a87d0a5a7fd1..754da5f1c832 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fb/fb303/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fb/fb303/package.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "facebook";
     repo = "fb303";
-    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     sha256 = "sha256-Jtztb8CTqvRdRjUa3jaouP5PFAwoM4rKLIfgvOyXUIg=";
   };