diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bowtie2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bowtie2/default.nix
index e5c9c2864225..3e902e607db8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bowtie2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bowtie2/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,21 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, tbb, zlib, python3, perl }:
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+, perl
+, python3
+, tbb
+, zlib
+}:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "bowtie2";
   version = "2.5.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "BenLangmead";
-    repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
+    repo = "bowtie2";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     sha256 = "sha256-Bem4SHY/74suZPDbw/rwKMLBn3bRq5ooHbBoVnKuYk0=";
   };
 
@@ -17,10 +25,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "An ultrafast and memory-efficient tool for aligning sequencing reads to long reference sequences";
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     homepage = "http://bowtie-bio.sf.net/bowtie2";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/BenLangmead/bowtie2/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.rev}";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ rybern ];
     platforms = platforms.all;
     broken = stdenv.isAarch64; # only x86 is supported
+    mainProgram = "bowtie2";
   };
-}
+})