diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 1f40d90177..d37b20772d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dj17 =
     Django>=1.7.1,<1.8
 
 dj18 =
-    https://github.com/django/django/archive/stable/1.8.x.zip#egg=django
+    https://github.com/django/django/archive/stable/1.8.x.tar.gz#egg=django
 
 py2 =
     unicodecsv>=0.9.4