diff --git a/pkgs/servers/heisenbridge/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/heisenbridge/default.nix
index a9c33a7a28f7..04748f49a4c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/heisenbridge/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/heisenbridge/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, python3Packages }:
+{ lib, fetchurl, python3Packages }:
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "heisenbridge";
-  version = "1.1.0";
+  version = "1.1.1";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "hifi";
-    repo = "heisenbridge";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-7B4orrANb4hTXJ4cFYxhmrOgEIoU3TPmsR239JhIrTw=";
+  # Use the release tarball because it has the version set correctly using the
+  # version.txt file.
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/hifi/heisenbridge/releases/download/v${version}/heisenbridge-v${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-thI3NYYnLHmlfs5mmH2SQcREBLWtnilYlxriKWnamPM=";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [