diff --git a/scripts/update_news.pl b/scripts/update_news.pl
index 6e92ddd1299..bad2c8aa317 100755
--- a/scripts/update_news.pl
+++ b/scripts/update_news.pl
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ while(<$in>) {
 	last if /^Change history for the QGIS Project/;
 }
 
-my $content = `curl -A Mozilla -s https://changelog.qgis.org/en/qgis/version/$version/gnu/`;
+my $content = `curl -LA Mozilla -s https://changelog.qgis.org/en/qgis/version/$version/gnu/`;
 die "Couldn't get it!" unless defined $content;
 
 print $news "\n# What's new in Version $version '$releasename'?\n\n";