diff --git a/packages/devel/autoconf-archive/package.mk b/packages/devel/autoconf-archive/package.mk
index 988d236009..bd7571a81d 100644
--- a/packages/devel/autoconf-archive/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/autoconf-archive/package.mk
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
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 PKG_NAME="autoconf-archive"
-PKG_VERSION="2013.11.01"
+PKG_VERSION="2015.02.24"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf-archive"
-PKG_URL="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf-archive/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_URL="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf-archive/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="toolchain/devel"