diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_auditor.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_auditor.rb
index d44cbd0e12..dd45ad3341 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_auditor.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_auditor.rb
@@ -255,7 +255,8 @@ module Homebrew
         user, repo = get_repo_data(%r{https?://github\.com/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?.*})
         return if user.blank?
 
-        github_license = GitHub.get_repo_license(user, repo)
+        tag = SharedAudits.github_tag_from_url(formula.stable.url)
+        github_license = GitHub.get_repo_license(user, repo, ref: tag)
         return unless github_license
         return if (licenses + ["NOASSERTION"]).include?(github_license)
         return if PERMITTED_LICENSE_MISMATCHES[github_license]&.any? { |license| licenses.include? license }
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb
index 723a711c38..b774209507 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/github.rb
@@ -497,8 +497,10 @@ module GitHub
     end
   end
 
-  def self.get_repo_license(user, repo)
-    response = API.open_rest("#{API_URL}/repos/#{user}/#{repo}/license")
+  def self.get_repo_license(user, repo, ref: nil)
+    url = "#{API_URL}/repos/#{user}/#{repo}/license"
+    url += "?ref=#{ref}" if ref.present?
+    response = API.open_rest(url)
     return unless response.key?("license")
 
     response["license"]["spdx_id"]