diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/frontends.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/frontends.nix
index 7e9e6fc0099b..3532a9439283 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/frontends.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/sane/frontends.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "sane-frontends-1.0.14";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "ftp://ftp.sane-project.org/pub/sane/sane-frontends-1.0.14/${name}.tar.gz";
+    url = "https://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/file/1140/${name}.tar.gz";
     md5 = "c63bf7b0bb5f530cf3c08715db721cd3";
   };