diff --git a/core/modules/migrate_drupal/tests/fixtures/drupal6.php b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/tests/fixtures/drupal6.php
index 76b3bf6..d7b0c25 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate_drupal/tests/fixtures/drupal6.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal/tests/fixtures/drupal6.php
@@ -31354,7 +31354,7 @@
   'name' => 'update',
   'type' => 'module',
   'owner' => '',
-  'status' => '0',
+  'status' => '1',
   'throttle' => '0',
   'bootstrap' => '0',
   'schema_version' => '-1',
diff --git a/core/modules/update/config/schema/update.source.schema.yml b/core/modules/update/config/schema/update.source.schema.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02777ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/update/config/schema/update.source.schema.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Schema for the migration source plugins.
+
+migrate.source.update_settings:
+  type: migrate_source_sql
+  label: 'Drupal update settings'
+  mapping:
+    variables:
+      type: sequence
+      label: 'Variables'
+      sequence:
+        type: string
+        label: 'Variable'
diff --git a/core/modules/update/migration_templates/update_settings.yml b/core/modules/update/migration_templates/update_settings.yml
index ad22472..53436d9 100644
--- a/core/modules/update/migration_templates/update_settings.yml
+++ b/core/modules/update/migration_templates/update_settings.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ migration_tags:
   - Drupal 6
   - Drupal 7
 source:
-  plugin: variable
+  plugin: update_settings
   variables:
     - update_max_fetch_attempts
     - update_fetch_url
diff --git a/core/modules/update/src/Plugin/migrate/source/UpdateSettings.php b/core/modules/update/src/Plugin/migrate/source/UpdateSettings.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7deb6c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/update/src/Plugin/migrate/source/UpdateSettings.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\update\Plugin\migrate\source\UpdateSettings.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\update\Plugin\migrate\source;
+
+use Drupal\migrate_drupal\Plugin\migrate\source\Variable;
+
+/**
+ * @MigrateSource(
+ *   id = "update_settings",
+ *   source_provider = "update"
+ * )
+ */
+class UpdateSettings extends Variable {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function values() {
+    $values = parent::values();
+    $values['update_fetch_url'] = 'https://updates.drupal.org/release-history';
+    return $values;
+  }
+
+}