diff --git a/packages/sysutils/grep/meta b/packages/sysutils/grep/meta
index e5e0ce118a..d0e9a3940c 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/grep/meta
+++ b/packages/sysutils/grep/meta
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
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 PKG_NAME="grep"
-PKG_VERSION="2.9"
+PKG_VERSION="2.10"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/"
-PKG_URL="ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/gnu/grep/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_URL="ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/gnu/grep/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
 PKG_DEPENDS="libiconv pcre"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain libiconv pcre"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"