diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/volatility/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/volatility/default.nix
index 8cf904c39c5f..4f1e90eb9100 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/volatility/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/volatility/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pythonPackages }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pythonPackages }:
 
 pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
-  version = "2.6";
   pname = "volatility";
+  version = "2.6.1";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://downloads.volatilityfoundation.org/releases/${version}/${pname}-${version}.zip";
-    sha256 = "15cjrx31nnqa3bpjkv0x05j7f2sb7pq46a72zh7qg55zf86hawsv";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "volatilityfoundation";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1v92allp3cv3akk71kljcwxr27h1k067dsq7j9h8jnlwk9jxh6rf";
   };
 
   doCheck = false;