diff --git a/docs/victoriametrics-datasource.md b/docs/victoriametrics-datasource.md
index 200f7ab93..a220ea54f 100644
--- a/docs/victoriametrics-datasource.md
+++ b/docs/victoriametrics-datasource.md
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ extraInitContainers:
      - |
        set -ex
        mkdir -p /var/lib/grafana/plugins/
-       ver=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/VictoriaMetrics/victoriametrics-datasource/releases/latest | grep -oE 'v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | head -1)
+       ver=$(curl -s -L https://api.github.com/repos/VictoriaMetrics/victoriametrics-datasource/releases/latest | grep -oE 'v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | head -1)
        curl -L https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/victoriametrics-datasource/releases/download/$ver/victoriametrics-datasource-$ver.tar.gz -o /var/lib/grafana/plugins/vm-plugin.tar.gz
        tar -xf /var/lib/grafana/plugins/vm-plugin.tar.gz -C /var/lib/grafana/plugins/
        rm /var/lib/grafana/plugins/vm-plugin.tar.gz