diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnome-shell-extension-weather/template b/srcpkgs/gnome-shell-extension-weather/template
index 73518c9bf7a..de05b4db63a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnome-shell-extension-weather/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnome-shell-extension-weather/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gnome-shell-extension-weather'
 pkgname=gnome-shell-extension-weather
-version="$(date -u +%Y%m%d)"
+version=20130128
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="GNOME Shell extension for displaying weather notifications"
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ do_fetch() {
 	local url="git://github.com/Neroth/${pkgname}.git"
 	msg_normal "Fetching source from $url ...\n"
 	git clone ${url} ${pkgname}-${version}
+	cd ${pkgname}-${version} && git checkout 50758109b717c74243c7365f338b57b81686bc93
 }
 
 pre_configure() {