diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
index 08a91479d..a94b1edaf 100644
--- a/debian/watch
+++ b/debian/watch
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version=2
-https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/downloads /downloads/libgit2/libgit2/libgit2-(.+)\.tar\.gz
+version=3
+https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/tags /libgit2/libgit2/archive/v(.+)\.tar\.gz