diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/liburing/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/liburing/default.nix
index a42aab3d59e8..151305630b82 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/liburing/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/liburing/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchgit }:
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "liburing";
-  version = "2.5";
+  version = "2.6";
 
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url    = "http://git.kernel.dk/${pname}";
-    rev    = "liburing-${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-hPyEZ0P1rfos53OCNd2OYFiqmv6TgpWaj5/xPLccCvM=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "axboe";
+    repo = "liburing";
+    rev = "refs/tags/liburing-${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-UOhnFT4UKZmPchKxew3vYeKH2oETDVylE1RmJ2hnLq0=";
   };
 
   separateDebugInfo = true;
@@ -20,25 +25,31 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   # Doesn't recognize platform flags
-  configurePlatforms = [];
+  configurePlatforms = [ ];
 
-  outputs = [ "out" "bin" "dev" "man" ];
+  outputs = [
+    "out"
+    "bin"
+    "dev"
+    "man"
+  ];
 
   postInstall = ''
-    # Copy the examples into $bin. Most reverse dependency of this package should
-    # reference only the $out output
-    mkdir -p $bin/bin
-    cp ./examples/io_uring-cp examples/io_uring-test $bin/bin
-    cp ./examples/link-cp $bin/bin/io_uring-link-cp
-  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isGnu ''
-    cp ./examples/ucontext-cp $bin/bin/io_uring-ucontext-cp
+    # Copy the examples into $bin. Most reverse dependency of
+    # this package should reference only the $out output
+    for file in $(find ./examples -executable -type f); do
+      install -Dm555 -t "$bin/bin" "$file"
+    done
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Userspace library for the Linux io_uring API";
-    homepage    = "https://git.kernel.dk/cgit/liburing/";
-    license     = licenses.lgpl21;
-    platforms   = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice nickcao ];
+    homepage = "https://github.com/axboe/liburing";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+      thoughtpolice
+      nickcao
+    ];
   };
 }