diff --git a/rockspec/apisix-1.2-0.rockspec b/rockspec/apisix-1.2-0.rockspec
index 6be16b9aa5c3..1a6ad32641d2 100644
--- a/rockspec/apisix-1.2-0.rockspec
+++ b/rockspec/apisix-1.2-0.rockspec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ supported_platforms = {"linux", "macosx"}
 
 source = {
     url = "git://github.com/apache/incubator-apisix",
-    branch = "v1.2",
+    tag = "1.2",
 }
 
 description = {