diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/changelog.txt b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/changelog.txt
index 9533695ab5..44d2d5045a 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/changelog.txt
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+0.99.6
+- update to hts-tvheadend-9d775da
+
 0.99.5
 - update to hts-tvheadend-ca68ed4
 
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/meta b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/meta
index 30e4146356..1bd25a2461 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/meta
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/hts-tvheadend/meta
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="hts-tvheadend"
-PKG_VERSION="ca68ed4"
-PKG_REV="5"
+PKG_VERSION="9d775da"
+PKG_REV="6"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.lonelycoder.com/hts/tvheadend_overview.html"
 # PKG_URL="http://www.lonelycoder.com/debian/dists/hts/main/source/${PKG_NAME}_${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-PKG_URL="$OPENELEC_SRC/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
+PKG_URL="$OPENELEC_SRC/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
 PKG_DEPENDS="libiconv avahi openssl"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain libiconv avahi openssl"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
diff --git a/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_tvheadend b/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_tvheadend
index f81c7dd0ca..0dff804519 100755
--- a/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_tvheadend
+++ b/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_tvheadend
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ echo "cleaning sources..."
   rm -rf hts-tvheadend-$GIT_REV/.git
 
 echo "packing sources..."
-  tar cvjf hts-tvheadend-$GIT_REV.tar.bz2 hts-tvheadend-$GIT_REV
+  tar cvJf hts-tvheadend-$GIT_REV.tar.xz hts-tvheadend-$GIT_REV
 
 echo "remove temporary sourcedir..."
   rm -rf hts-tvheadend-$GIT_REV