diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index db5a5cbb06..7d338209d6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   "main": "./dist/video-js/video.js",
   "dependencies": {
     "videojs-swf": "4.5.3",
-    "vtt.js": "git+https://github.com/gkatsev/vtt.js.git#shim-build"
+    "vtt.js": "https://github.com/gkatsev/vtt.js/archive/shim-build.tar.gz"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "calcdeps": "~0.1.7",