diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/kstars/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/kstars/default.nix
index 5fcd8d95f194..863c5b70e021 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/kstars/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/kstars/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , stdenv
 , mkDerivation
 , extra-cmake-modules
-, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchurl
 , kconfig
 , kdoctools
 , kguiaddons
@@ -37,13 +37,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "kstars";
-  version = "3.6.9";
+  version = "3.7.0";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "KDE";
-    repo = "kstars";
-    rev = "stable-${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-28RRW+ncMiQcBb/lybEKTeV08ZkF3IqLkeTHNW5nhls=";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://kde/stable/kstars/kstars-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-yvN1k0LqUi5Odb34Nk8UP5qoIbFUcvUiyESpoMKmuqg=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [