diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mechanicalsoup/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mechanicalsoup/default.nix
index 4d68f71d2b06..f7200addb21f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mechanicalsoup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mechanicalsoup/default.nix
@@ -21,10 +21,18 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "MechanicalSoup";
     repo = "MechanicalSoup";
-    rev = "v${version}";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
     hash = "sha256-Q5oDAgAZYYUYqjDByXNXFNVKmRyjzIGVE4LN9j8vk4c=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    # Is in setup_requires but not used in setup.py
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace "'pytest-runner'" ""
+    substituteInPlace setup.cfg \
+      --replace " --cov --cov-config .coveragerc --flake8" ""
+  '';
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     beautifulsoup4
     lxml
@@ -38,14 +46,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     requests-mock
   ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    # Is in setup_requires but not used in setup.py
-    substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace "'pytest-runner'" ""
-    substituteInPlace setup.cfg \
-      --replace " --cov --cov-config .coveragerc --flake8" ""
-  '';
-
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "mechanicalsoup"
   ];
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Python library for automating interaction with websites";
     homepage = "https://github.com/hickford/MechanicalSoup";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/MechanicalSoup/MechanicalSoup/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jgillich fab ];
   };