diff --git a/utils/xz/Makefile b/utils/xz/Makefile
index f982a54d39..45db546264 100644
--- a/utils/xz/Makefile
+++ b/utils/xz/Makefile
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=xz
-PKG_VERSION:=5.4.6
+PKG_VERSION:=5.6.1
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/lzmautils
-PKG_HASH:=913851b274e8e1d31781ec949f1c23e8dbcf0ecf6e73a2436dc21769dd3e6f49
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz/releases/download/v$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_HASH:=f334777310ca3ae9ba07206d78ed286a655aa3f44eec27854f740c26b2cd2ed0
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=
 PKG_LICENSE:=Public-Domain LGPL-2.1-or-later GPL-2.0-or-later GPL-3.0-or-later
diff --git a/utils/xz/patches/001-relative-pkg-config-paths.patch b/utils/xz/patches/001-relative-pkg-config-paths.patch
index b89c13f75f..ba2cb36c25 100644
--- a/utils/xz/patches/001-relative-pkg-config-paths.patch
+++ b/utils/xz/patches/001-relative-pkg-config-paths.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/src/liblzma/liblzma.pc.in
 +++ b/src/liblzma/liblzma.pc.in
-@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
+@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
  
  prefix=@prefix@
  exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@