diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index b16967845..dd8073de3 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ endif
 
 config BR2_LUAROCKS_MIRROR
 	string "LuaRocks mirror"
-	default "http://luarocks.org/repositories/rocks"
+	default "http://rocks.moonscript.org"
 	help
 	  LuaRocks repository.
 
diff --git a/package/luarocks/luarocks.mk b/package/luarocks/luarocks.mk
index 926fd042f..19c1c9484 100644
--- a/package/luarocks/luarocks.mk
+++ b/package/luarocks/luarocks.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LUAROCKS_VERSION = 2.1.2
+LUAROCKS_VERSION = 2.2.0beta1
 LUAROCKS_SITE = http://luarocks.org/releases/
 LUAROCKS_LICENSE = MIT
 LUAROCKS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING