diff --git a/packages/network/libevent/package.mk b/packages/network/libevent/package.mk
index 8e513512a4..f58e104a3b 100644
--- a/packages/network/libevent/package.mk
+++ b/packages/network/libevent/package.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PKG_VERSION="2.1.12"
 PKG_SHA256="92e6de1be9ec176428fd2367677e61ceffc2ee1cb119035037a27d346b0403bb"
 PKG_LICENSE="BSB-3c"
 PKG_SITE="https://github.com/libevent/libevent"
-PKG_URL="https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-$PKG_VERSION/libevent-$PKG_VERSION-stable.tar.gz"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-${PKG_VERSION}-stable/libevent-${PKG_VERSION}-stable.tar.gz"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Event notification library"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain openssl"
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="cmake"