diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/last/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/last/default.nix
index 0c5b81452fd..8de0580a819 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/last/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/last/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, zlib, python3, parallel }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitLab, unzip, zlib, python3, parallel }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "last";
-  version = "1179";
+  version = "1256";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://last.cbrc.jp/last-${version}.zip";
-    sha256 = "sha256-949oiE7ZNkCOJuOK/huPkCN0c4TlVaTskkBe0joc0HU=";
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    owner = "mcfrith";
+    repo = "last";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-lOsU0X4K6jYcbkTzwQV+KAerQh9odE4zCLtSgZrYH6s=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip ];