diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/geos/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/geos/default.nix
index fef2d09b6bad..75c5f4981dfd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/geos/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/geos/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   callPackage,
-  fetchurl,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   testers,
 
   cmake,
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "geos";
   version = "3.13.0";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://download.osgeo.org/geos/geos-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.bz2";
-    hash = "sha256-R+yD/zNNZyueRCZpXxXabmNoJEIUlx+r84b/jvbfOeQ=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "libgeos";
+    repo = "geos";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-WcE5dbfbeq9uCRgfVgiA3MTOisRpilXxjquEM5aKTCc=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];