diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/2.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/2.nix
index b6fd45abd961..46b338fb2ff1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/2.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  fetchPypi,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   python,
   numpy_2,
   pythonAtLeast,
@@ -64,10 +64,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.11";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    extension = "tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-3cfDlye6YrgN/b7fQA0cEN36ju+9fsjcsRi+i1bTECk=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "numpy";
+    repo = "numpy";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+    hash = "sha256-6RMzF5vOWSX7gL3mps9ECClJF3mNqL1mexM6j8/yfdc=";
   };
 
   patches = lib.optionals python.hasDistutilsCxxPatch [
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    changelog = "https://github.com/numpy/numpy/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/numpy/numpy/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
     description = "Scientific tools for Python";
     homepage = "https://numpy.org/";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;