diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt
index 6725621bbb..7468a705d3 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+3.1.2
+- update to transmission-2.80
+
 3.1.1
 - rebuild for OpenELEC-3.2
 
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/meta b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/meta
index ac331728cd..639d68206e 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/meta
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/meta
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="transmission"
-PKG_VERSION="2.77"
-PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_VERSION="2.80"
+PKG_REV="2"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.transmissionbt.com/"
-PKG_URL="http://download.transmissionbt.com/files/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_URL="http://download.transmissionbt.com/files/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
 PKG_DEPENDS="zlib $ICONV openssl curl libevent"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain $ICONV zlib openssl curl libevent"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"