diff --git a/lang/ruby/Makefile b/lang/ruby/Makefile
index 109f6aa439..adca82f64d 100644
--- a/lang/ruby/Makefile
+++ b/lang/ruby/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2006-2016 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2017 Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca <luizluca@gmail.com>
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -16,9 +17,9 @@ PKG_RELEASE:=1
 # First two numbes
 PKG_ABI_VERSION:=$(subst $(space),.,$(wordlist 1, 2, $(subst .,$(space),$(PKG_VERSION))))
 
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/$(PKG_ABI_VERSION)/
-PKG_HASH:=ccfb2d0a61e2a9c374d51e099b0d833b09241ee78fc17e1fe38e3b282160237c
+PKG_HASH:=4fc8a9992de3e90191de369270ea4b6c1b171b7941743614cc50822ddc1fe654
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca <luizluca@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-2-Clause
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING