diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fb/fbthrift/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fb/fbthrift/package.nix
index 367bb2f9beb8..d17de9fb049f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fb/fbthrift/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fb/fbthrift/package.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "facebook";
     repo = "fbthrift";
-    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     sha256 = "sha256-iCiiKNDlfKm1Y4SGzcSP6o/OdiRRrj9UEawW6qpBpSY=";
   };