diff --git a/srcpkgs/ipe/template b/srcpkgs/ipe/template
index a0c14e3548c..bf04fbc2364 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ipe/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ipe/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'ipe'
 pkgname=ipe
 version=7.2.26
-revision=8
+revision=9
 _tools_commit=v7.2.24.1
 create_wrksrc=yes
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config doxygen qt5-qmake qt5-tools qt5-host-tools"
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ short_desc="Drawing editor for creating figures in PDF or EPS formats"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://ipe.otfried.org/"
-distfiles="https://github.com/otfried/ipe/releases/download/v${version}/ipe-${version}-src.tar.gz
+# https://github.com/otfried/ipe has latest release/tag only, for older
+# releases use https://github.com/otfried/old-ipe-releases.
+distfiles="https://github.com/otfried/old-ipe-releases/releases/download/v${version}/ipe-${version}-src.tar.gz
  https://github.com/otfried/ipe-tools/archive/${_tools_commit}.tar.gz"
 checksum="e49d0057913a4a516b2017f00d9adb267903528559d1f0c7ebaf6cd914350aa5
  561b18fc2a7ae45c37c5d0390443b37f4585549f09cd7765d856456be24e5dbc"