diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode-plugins/urxvt-perls/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode-plugins/urxvt-perls/default.nix
index 6a1acca48d9a..03a505591b7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode-plugins/urxvt-perls/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode-plugins/urxvt-perls/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "urxvt-perls-2015-03-28";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "urxvt-perls-${version}";
+  version = "2.2";
 
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "git://github.com/muennich/urxvt-perls";
-    rev = "e4dbde31edd19e2f4c2b6c91117ee91e2f83ddd7";
-    sha256 = "1f8a27c3d54377fdd4ab0be2f4efb8329d4900bb1c792b306dc23b5ee59260b1";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "muennich";
+    repo = "urxvt-perls";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1cb0jbjmwfy2dlq2ny8wpc04k79jp3pz9qhbmgagsxs3sp1jg2hz";
   };
 
   installPhase = ''