diff --git a/utils/dmidecode/Makefile b/utils/dmidecode/Makefile
index ab0cd13331..cae94d05db 100644
--- a/utils/dmidecode/Makefile
+++ b/utils/dmidecode/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2015 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2016 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=dmidecode
 PKG_VERSION:=3.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SAVANNAH/$(PKG_NAME)
-PKG_MD5SUM:=be7501ad0f844e875976b96106afaa3c
+PKG_MD5SUM:=7ec35bb193729c1d593a1460b59d82d24b89102ab23fd0416e6cf4325d077e45
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@gmail.com>
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0