diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/spdx.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/spdx.rb
index 96c95aba7b..48eb050b0d 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/spdx.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/spdx.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ module SPDX
 
   sig { params(to: Pathname).void }
   def download_latest_license_data!(to: DATA_PATH)
-    data_url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spdx/license-list-data/#{latest_tag}/json/"
+    data_url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spdx/license-list-data/refs/tags/#{latest_tag}/json/"
     Utils::Curl.curl_download("#{data_url}licenses.json", to: to/"spdx_licenses.json")
     Utils::Curl.curl_download("#{data_url}exceptions.json", to: to/"spdx_exceptions.json")
   end