diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/texlive/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/texlive/package.py
index c9c677e2b1c..36b3fad2f65 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/texlive/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/texlive/package.py
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ class Texlive(Package):
 
     homepage = "http://www.tug.org/texlive"
 
-    version('live', '8402774984c67fed4a18b7f6491243a6',
-            url="http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz")
+    # pull from specific site because the texlive mirrors do not all
+    # update in synchrony.
+    version('live', '6d171d370f3a2f2b936b9b0c87e8d0fe',
+            url="http://ctan.math.utah.edu/ctan/tex-archive/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz")
 
     # There does not seem to be a complete list of schemes.
     # Examples include: