diff --git a/packages/graphics/libpng12/meta b/packages/graphics/libpng12/meta
index 40bf2ca2a6..9fff2b8f2c 100644
--- a/packages/graphics/libpng12/meta
+++ b/packages/graphics/libpng12/meta
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="libpng"
-PKG_VERSION="1.2.47"
+PKG_VERSION="1.2.49"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.libpng.org/"
-PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/libpng/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/libpng/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
 PKG_DEPENDS="zlib"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain zlib"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
diff --git a/packages/graphics/libpng12/unpack b/packages/graphics/libpng12/unpack
index aab9610ee8..e5533e74d1 100755
--- a/packages/graphics/libpng12/unpack
+++ b/packages/graphics/libpng12/unpack
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@
 
 TGZ_PKG="`echo $PKG_URL | sed 's%.*/\(.*\)$%\1%'`"
 
-  tar xjf $SOURCES/$1/$TGZ_PKG -C $BUILD >/dev/null 2>&1
+  tar xJf $SOURCES/$1/$TGZ_PKG -C $BUILD >/dev/null 2>&1