diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/rakudo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/rakudo/default.nix
index 5acec350035c..72154ce6a657 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/rakudo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/rakudo/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, icu, zlib, gmp, lib, nqp, removeReferencesTo }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, perl, icu, zlib, gmp, lib, nqp, removeReferencesTo }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "rakudo";
-  version = "2023.02";
+  version = "2023.04";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://rakudo.org/dl/rakudo/rakudo-${version}.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-/RaGqizzLrnw630Nb5bfyJfPU8z4ntp9Iltoc4CTqhE=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "rakudo";
+    repo = "rakudo";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-m5rXriBKfp/i9AIcBGCYGfXIGBRsxgVmBbLJPXXc5AY=";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ removeReferencesTo ];