diff --git a/core/dbt/version.py b/core/dbt/version.py
index 3460e5a6984..ba58702968f 100644
--- a/core/dbt/version.py
+++ b/core/dbt/version.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import dbt.semver
 
 
-PYPI_VERSION_URL = 'https://pypi.org/pypi/dbt/json'
+PYPI_VERSION_URL = 'https://pypi.org/pypi/dbt-core/json'
 
 
 def get_latest_version():