diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/memcache/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/memcache/default.nix
index e3ff44172ef7..db39a40241ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/php-packages/memcache/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/memcache/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ buildPecl rec {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "websupport-sk";
     repo = "pecl-memcache";
-    rev = version;
+    tag = version;
     hash = "sha256-77GvQ59XUpIZmdYZP6IhtjdkYwXKuNBSG+LBScz2BtI=";
   };