diff --git a/gnu/packages/text-editors.scm b/gnu/packages/text-editors.scm
index b96f8235d4..15a1b117af 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/text-editors.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/text-editors.scm
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ (define-public kakoune
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (string-append "https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/"
                            "releases/download/v" version "/"
-                           name "-" version ".tar.bz2"))
+                           "kakoune-" version ".tar.bz2"))
        (sha256
         (base32
          "1qbj2hmcfs6pr5lc78z9ni5zxdyp3mr64dvms4l52716ikqcjcbs"))))