diff --git a/srcpkgs/freeplane/template b/srcpkgs/freeplane/template
index 97b392f81d2..2e7adb76ea4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/freeplane/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/freeplane/template
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 pkgname=freeplane
 version=1.9.12
 revision=1
+wrksrc="freeplane-release-${version}"
 hostmakedepends="apache-ant openjdk8 unzip gradle"
 depends="virtual?java-runtime"
 short_desc="Application for Mind Mapping, Knowledge Management, Project Management"
 maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://freeplane.sourceforge.net/"
-distfiles="$SOURCEFORGE_SITE/$pkgname/$pkgname%20stable/${pkgname}_src-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=80ac01adcdd4d4125a823cccac10e58337892c8929cb32d5d357ec4921f893b0
+distfiles="https://github.com/freeplane/freeplane/archive/release-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=200002b5cbe3e3286a7595847d28356d3efd8498ff930fa05e5e90af622e544f
 
 make_dirs="
 /usr/share/freeplane/fwdir/condperm/ 755 root root