diff --git a/package/tar/tar.mk b/package/tar/tar.mk
index f9ee74b049..e1e16a2302 100644
--- a/package/tar/tar.mk
+++ b/package/tar/tar.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # tar
 #
 #############################################################
-TAR_VERSION:=1.21
-TAR_SOURCE:=tar-$(TAR_VERSION).tar.bz2
-TAR_SITE:=$(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/tar/
+
+TAR_VERSION = 1.25
+TAR_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/tar
 
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package,tar))