diff --git a/package/tzdata/tzdata.mk b/package/tzdata/tzdata.mk
index 4a9affe022..26f623d626 100644
--- a/package/tzdata/tzdata.mk
+++ b/package/tzdata/tzdata.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-TZDATA_VERSION = 2012j
+TZDATA_VERSION = 2013c
 TZDATA_SOURCE = tzdata$(TZDATA_VERSION).tar.gz
-TZDATA_SITE = http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases
+TZDATA_SITE = ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases
 TZDATA_DEPENDENCIES = host-zic
 TZDATA_LICENSE = Public domain
 
diff --git a/package/zic/zic.mk b/package/zic/zic.mk
index 7a06a58d88..3d56df1c7c 100644
--- a/package/zic/zic.mk
+++ b/package/zic/zic.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-ZIC_VERSION = 2012j
+ZIC_VERSION = 2013c
 ZIC_SOURCE = tzcode$(ZIC_VERSION).tar.gz
-ZIC_SITE = http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases
+ZIC_SITE = ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases
 ZIC_LICENSE = Public domain
 
 # Don't strip any path components during extraction.