diff --git a/srcpkgs/luarocks/template b/srcpkgs/luarocks/template
index 1aee38aa930..63310b22358 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/luarocks/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/luarocks/template
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ short_desc="Package management for Lua modules"
 maintainer="Duncaen <mail@duncano.de>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://luarocks.org/"
-distfiles="http://luarocks.org/releases/luarocks-2.2.0.tar.gz"
+distfiles="http://luarocks.org/releases/luarocks-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=9b1a4ec7b103e2fb90a7ba8589d7e0c8523a3d6d54ac469b0bbc144292b9279c
 
 post_install() {