diff --git a/gnu/packages/maven.scm b/gnu/packages/maven.scm
index e0cc98d408a74e79c740fae890c8b4090c738341..561ff2ee5bfbd3765ef3f9ae489d6e2c5e12c921 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/maven.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/maven.scm
@@ -3620,13 +3620,14 @@ (define-public maven-jar-plugin
     (name "maven-jar-plugin")
     (version "3.2.0")
     (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "https://github.com/apache/"
-                                  "maven-jar-plugin/archive/"
-                                  "maven-jar-plugin-" version ".tar.gz"))
+              (method git-fetch)
+              (uri (git-reference
+                     (url "https://github.com/apache/maven-jar-plugin")
+                     (commit (string-append "maven-jar-plugin-" version))))
+              (file-name (git-file-name name version))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "032042n3kfb4g5jf6khzxywn22xfy3jpx57lkq88xsv0lwx9np96"))))
+                "04y2rlmcabmc55ljqlkgbb5xx94a59cz1dvrnpfj1vzz024pqkyg"))))
     (build-system ant-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:jar-name "maven-jar-plugin.jar"