diff --git a/packages/devel/fakeroot/package.mk b/packages/devel/fakeroot/package.mk
index b640db5a8f..b08447ce3d 100644
--- a/packages/devel/fakeroot/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/fakeroot/package.mk
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2019-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="fakeroot"
-PKG_VERSION="1.23"
-PKG_SHA256="009cd6696a931562cf1c212bb57ca441a4a2d45cd32c3190a35c7ae98506f4f6"
+PKG_VERSION="1.24"
+PKG_SHA256="2e045b3160370b8ab4d44d1f8d267e5d1d555f1bb522d650e7167b09477266ed"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL3"
-PKG_SITE="http://fakeroot.alioth.debian.org/"
-PKG_URL="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/fakeroot/${PKG_NAME}_${PKG_VERSION}.orig.tar.xz"
+PKG_SITE="http://freshmeat.sourceforge.net/projects/fakeroot"
+PKG_URL="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/fakeroot/${PKG_NAME}_${PKG_VERSION}.orig.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host libcap:host"
 PKG_LONGDESC="fakeroot provides a fake root environment by means of LD_PRELOAD and SYSV IPC (or TCP) trickery."