diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qpdf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qpdf/default.nix
index b324bfed5aa7..9405e18edabd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qpdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qpdf/default.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,20 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, libjpeg, zlib, perl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, libjpeg, zlib, perl }:
 
-let version = "9.1.1";
-in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "qpdf";
-  inherit version;
+  version = "10.0.1";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/qpdf/qpdf/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0dj27wb9xg6pg95phbflfvy9rwxn1gh3kc4n175g0pf41r0zrim2";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "qpdf";
+    repo = "qpdf";
+    rev = "release-qpdf-${version}";
+    sha256 = "0g3rqf4wd1n9cms7ra1jnszsgw5bygv37jq2l20d8z5fajckhyyi";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ perl ];
 
   buildInputs = [ zlib libjpeg ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    patchShebangs qpdf/fix-qdf
-  '';
-
   preCheck = ''
     patchShebangs qtest/bin/qtest-driver
   '';