diff --git a/srcpkgs/emacs-ess/update b/srcpkgs/emacs-ess/update
index 43eba209e67..51179816ee5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/emacs-ess/update
+++ b/srcpkgs/emacs-ess/update
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 site="https://github.com/emacs-ess/ESS/tags"
-pattern="/archive/v\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar\.gz)"
+pattern="/archive/refs/tags/v\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar\.gz)"