diff --git a/tools/xz/Makefile b/tools/xz/Makefile
index a90cec86bf..b7b9429244 100644
--- a/tools/xz/Makefile
+++ b/tools/xz/Makefile
@@ -7,12 +7,11 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=xz
-PKG_VERSION:=5.4.6
+PKG_VERSION:=5.6.1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/lzmautils \
-		http://tukaani.org/xz
-PKG_HASH:=913851b274e8e1d31781ec949f1c23e8dbcf0ecf6e73a2436dc21769dd3e6f49
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz/releases/download/v$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_HASH:=d300422649a0124b1121630be559c890ceedf32667d7064b8128933166c217c8
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:tukaani:xz
 
 HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1