diff --git a/packages/graphics/cairo/meta b/packages/graphics/cairo/meta
index 65cb1b8084..a6315e65fd 100644
--- a/packages/graphics/cairo/meta
+++ b/packages/graphics/cairo/meta
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
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 PKG_NAME="cairo"
-PKG_VERSION="1.12.4"
+PKG_VERSION="1.12.8"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://cairographics.org/"
-PKG_URL="http://cairographics.org/releases/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_URL="http://cairographics.org/releases/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
 PKG_DEPENDS="zlib freetype fontconfig pixman libXrender libX11 Mesa glu"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain zlib freetype fontconfig libpng pixman libXrender libX11 Mesa glu"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"