diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index c35940de..c8a4c5ff 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -338,13 +338,16 @@
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1751685974,
         "narHash": "sha256-NKw96t+BgHIYzHUjkTK95FqYRVKB8DHpVhefWSz/kTw=",
+        "ref": "main",
         "rev": "549f2762aebeff29a2e5ece7a7dc0f955281a1d1",
-        "type": "tarball",
-        "url": "https://git.lix.systems/api/v1/repos/lix-project/flake-compat/archive/549f2762aebeff29a2e5ece7a7dc0f955281a1d1.tar.gz?rev=549f2762aebeff29a2e5ece7a7dc0f955281a1d1"
+        "revCount": 92,
+        "type": "git",
+        "url": "https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/flake-compat"
       },
       "original": {
-        "type": "tarball",
-        "url": "https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/flake-compat/archive/main.tar.gz"
+        "ref": "main",
+        "type": "git",
+        "url": "https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/flake-compat"
       }
     },
     "flake-parts": {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 3455292f..8eaf4a61 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     };
     # to allow non-nix 2.4 evaluation
     flake-compat = {
-      url = "https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/flake-compat/archive/main.tar.gz";
+      url = "git+https://git.lix.systems/lix-project/flake-compat?ref=main";
       flake = false;
     };
     rbw-bitw = {