diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gmp/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gmp/package.py
index 45e8b8a452fd07e5ff051fdc4059e2112f246f6a..b318273b0b6e8c8e5915f57dbc03f4d7f6cceb77 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gmp/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gmp/package.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Gmp(AutotoolsPackage):
     on signed integers, rational numbers, and floating-point numbers."""
 
     homepage = "https://gmplib.org"
-    url = "https://gmplib.org/download/gmp/gmp-6.0.0a.tar.bz2"
+    url      = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gmp/gmp-6.1.2.tar.bz2"
 
     version('6.1.2',  '8ddbb26dc3bd4e2302984debba1406a5')
     version('6.1.1',  '4c175f86e11eb32d8bf9872ca3a8e11d')