diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/codar-cheetah/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/codar-cheetah/package.py
index 393d6c7c213..b70c929ca8e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/codar-cheetah/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/codar-cheetah/package.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class CodarCheetah(Package):
     """
 
     homepage = "https://github.com/CODARcode/cheetah"
-    url = "https://github.com/CODARcode/cheetah/releases/tag/v0.1.tar.gz"
+    url = "https://github.com/CODARcode/cheetah/archive/v0.1.tar.gz"
 
     version('0.1', '6918021f74fa7a2f1de26c0bb31a63ef')
     version('develop', git='https://github.com/CODARcode/cheetah.git',