diff --git a/srcpkgs/newsflash/template b/srcpkgs/newsflash/template
index 72e69b12719..970b0ce65da 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/newsflash/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/newsflash/template
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ short_desc="RSS feed reader that supports various web based services"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://gitlab.com/news-flash/news_flash_gtk"
-distfiles="https://gitlab.com/news-flash/news_flash_gtk/-/archive/$version/news_flash_gtk-$version.tar.gz"
+# distfiles="https://gitlab.com/news-flash/news_flash_gtk/-/archive/$version/news_flash_gtk-$version.tar.gz"
+# tag is gone upstream
+distfiles="https://sources.voidlinux.org/newsflash-1.4.2/news_flash_gtk-1.4.2.tar.gz"
 checksum=099318a6bc57e5e695352b2f3c7dd149c9b889f39cb9cbd58dc3f10f41d4948d
 
 post_patch() {