diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/google.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/google.py
index 99238ca487..7dc6c3fc6c 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/google.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/google.py
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ def to_metadata(browser, log, entry_, timeout, running_a_test=False):  # {{{
 class GoogleBooks(Source):
 
     name = 'Google'
-    version = (1, 1, 1)
+    version = (1, 1, 2)
     minimum_calibre_version = (2, 80, 0)
     description = _('Downloads metadata and covers from Google Books')
 
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ class GoogleBooks(Source):
         se = search_engines_module()
         br = se.google_specialize_browser(se.browser())
         if not has_google_id:
-            url = se.google_format_query(q, tbm='bks')
+            url = se.google_format_query(q, site='books.google.com')
             log('Making query:', url)
             r = []
             root = se.query(br, url, 'google', timeout=timeout, save_raw=r.append)