diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/js_of_ocaml/ocamlbuild.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/js_of_ocaml/ocamlbuild.nix
index fa9ff95b0fd2..18530f3c6690 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/js_of_ocaml/ocamlbuild.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/js_of_ocaml/ocamlbuild.nix
@@ -1,26 +1,24 @@
-{ lib, buildDunePackage, fetchFromGitHub
+{ lib, buildDunePackage, fetchurl
 , ocamlbuild
 }:
 
 buildDunePackage rec {
   pname = "js_of_ocaml-ocamlbuild";
-  version = "4.0.0";
+  version = "5.0";
 
   minimalOCamlVersion = "4.02";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "ocsigen";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "852302c8f35b946e2ec275c529a79e46d8749be6";
-    sha256 = "sha256:03ayvakvbh4wi4dwcgd7r9y8ka8cv3d59hb81yk2dxyd94bln145";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/ocsigen/js_of_ocaml-ocamlbuild/releases/download/${version}/js_of_ocaml-ocamlbuild-${version}.tbz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-qlm8vxzie8sqPrd6iiwf8X6d2+DyQOOhmMoc67ChwHs=";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ ocamlbuild ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "An ocamlbuild plugin to compile to JavaScript";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ocsigen/js_of_ocaml-ocamlbuild";
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl2Only;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.vbgl ];
-    inherit (src.meta) homepage;
   };
 }