diff --git a/recipes/expat/recipe.sh b/recipes/expat/recipe.sh
index 99a07049e09496a3fdeea772a5c53b8d927f4ba4..f4c57111c884c13262d3c0c1f5e442743d53ea7d 100644
--- a/recipes/expat/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/expat/recipe.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 VERSION=2.2.1
-TAR=http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/$VERSION/expat-$VERSION.tar.bz2
+TAR=https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_${VERSION//./_}/expat-${VERSION}.tar.bz2
 
 function recipe_version {
     echo "$VERSION"