diff --git a/package/octave/octave.mk b/package/octave/octave.mk
index f050546709..67d0e9c0a5 100644
--- a/package/octave/octave.mk
+++ b/package/octave/octave.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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 OCTAVE_VERSION = 8.4.0
-OCTAVE_SITE = https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave
+OCTAVE_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/octave
 OCTAVE_SOURCE = octave-$(OCTAVE_VERSION).tar.lz
 OCTAVE_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 OCTAVE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING