diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/sources.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/sources.nix
index fb9d9697cd85..750a9a44e528 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/sources.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/sources.nix
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ let
         '';
         changelog =
           {
-            "mainline" = "https://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/emacs/news/NEWS.${version}";
+            "mainline" = "https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/plain/etc/NEWS?h=${rev}";
             "macport" = "https://github.com/jdtsmith/emacs-mac/blob/${rev}/NEWS-mac";
           }
           .${variant};