diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/grpc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/grpc/default.nix
index 7f680b6b59bf..a21e2aacde2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/grpc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/grpc/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, zlib, c-ares, pkgconfig, openssl, protobuf, gflags }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, zlib, c-ares, pkgconfig, openssl, protobuf, gflags }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.10.1";
+  version = "1.15.0";
   name = "grpc-${version}";
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/grpc/grpc/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0l721r24d6wz889vz4g6i67ijz0zc0ah967i3immi90zdmjwlyjg";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "grpc";
+    repo = "grpc";
+    rev= "d2c7d4dea492b9a86a53555aabdbfa90c2b01730";
+    sha256 = "1dpnhc5kw7znivrnjx1gva57v6b548am4v5nvh3dkwwzsa1k6vkv";
   };
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ zlib c-ares c-ares.cmake-config openssl protobuf gflags ];