diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/robotstatuschecker/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/robotstatuschecker/default.nix
index 63e87609ac25..74810c7761f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/robotstatuschecker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/robotstatuschecker/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "robotframework";
     repo = "statuschecker";
-    rev = version;
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
     sha256 = "0hy1390j3l4kkfna9x9xax4y5mqaa3hdndv3fiyg9wr5f7sx3wnz";
   };