diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
index 4614367..b6f6a64 100644
--- a/debian/watch
+++ b/debian/watch
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version=3
 opts=dversionmangle=s/\+dfsg// \
-http://githubredir.debian.net/github/mininet/mininet/ mininet-(.*).tar.gz
+https://github.com/mininet/mininet/tags .*/tarball/(\d[\d\.abd]+)