diff --git a/pkgs/development/misc/avr/libc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/misc/avr/libc/default.nix
index 654f2382ca3f..c2b35ed72204 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/misc/avr/libc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/misc/avr/libc/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "avr-libc";
-  version = "2.1.0";
+  version = "2.2.0";
 
+  tag_version = builtins.replaceStrings ["."] ["_"] version;
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/avr-libc/avr-libc-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1s2lnqsbr1zs7dvsbyyckay52lm8mbjjaqf3cyx5qpcbq3jwx10b";
+    url = "https://github.com/avrdudes/avr-libc/releases/download/avr-libc-${tag_version}-release/avr-libc-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    hash = "sha256-Bxjv1PVCeId9ploLIDtAIHOzDgTf6piObyqINa0HHTU=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ automake autoconf ];