diff --git a/include/download.mk b/include/download.mk
index ce8a7894b6..960dd816c0 100644
--- a/include/download.mk
+++ b/include/download.mk
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ifdef PKG_SOURCE_VERSION
     PKG_VERSION := $(if $(PKG_SOURCE_DATE),$(subst -,.,$(PKG_SOURCE_DATE)),0)~$(call version_abbrev,$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION))
   endif
   PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR ?= $(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
-  PKG_SOURCE ?= $(PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR).tar.xz
+  PKG_SOURCE ?= $(PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR).tar.zst
 endif
 
 DOWNLOAD_RDEP=$(STAMP_PREPARED) $(HOST_STAMP_PREPARED)