diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/windows/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/windows/default.nix
index e65e281b735d..8c25872f889a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/windows/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/windows/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,28 @@
 {
   buildOctavePackage,
   lib,
-  fetchurl,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
 buildOctavePackage rec {
   pname = "windows";
-  version = "1.6.5";
+  version = "1.7.0";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/octave/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-j/goQc57jcfxlCsbf31Mx8oNud1vNE0D/hNfXyvVmTc=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "gnu-octave";
+    repo = "octave-windows";
+    tag = "release-${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-hr94VALlAEwpqNU7imEN63M0BdPFSu5IznhWOn/mNiQ=";
   };
 
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { extraArgs = [ "--version-regex=release-(.*)" ]; };
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://gnu-octave.github.io/packages/windows/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ KarlJoad ];
     description = "Provides COM interface and additional functionality on Windows";
+    broken = true;
   };
 }