diff --git a/packages/audio/pulseaudio/package.mk b/packages/audio/pulseaudio/package.mk
index f150bf67e3..0318d9d38a 100644
--- a/packages/audio/pulseaudio/package.mk
+++ b/packages/audio/pulseaudio/package.mk
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="pulseaudio"
-PKG_VERSION="4.99.3"
+PKG_VERSION="5.0"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://pulseaudio.org/"
-PKG_URL="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/snapshot/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_URL="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pulseaudio/releases/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain libtool json-c alsa-lib libsndfile libsamplerate speex dbus systemd openssl libcap"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="audio"
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ else
   PULSEAUDIO_BLUETOOTH="--disable-bluez5"
 fi
 
-export GIT_DESCRIBE_FOR_BUILD="4.0"
-
 # package specific configure options
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-silent-rules \
                            --disable-nls \