diff --git a/srcpkgs/jasper/template b/srcpkgs/jasper/template
index a04cf007fa..e1a209ff1f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/jasper/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/jasper/template
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 # Template build file for 'jasper'.
 pkgname=jasper
-version=2.0.6
+version=2.0.8
 revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-version-${version}"
 build_style=cmake
 makedepends="libjpeg-turbo-devel"
 short_desc="Software-based reference implementation of the JPEG-2000 codec"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~mdadams/jasper"
 license="JasPer-2.0"
-distfiles="http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~frodo/jasper/software/jasper-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=73f10024bc9dd77da6626509f6f04c8186f372bfb547aeef4eeaea9533a2ce3c
+distfiles="https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/archive/version-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=ebaca7b4bb2354c58f649c6d97d07f14292df31666a7cb29f2b4a066976535e4
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE