diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e5902894ee..7ca867fee8 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 2011.02, Not yet released:
 
-	Updated/fixed packages: cloop, m4
+	Updated/fixed packages: cloop, m4, xz
 
 2010.11, Released November 30th, 2010:
 
diff --git a/package/xz/xz.mk b/package/xz/xz.mk
index 7490f7708e..a965d8abc9 100644
--- a/package/xz/xz.mk
+++ b/package/xz/xz.mk
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # xz-utils
 #
 #############################################################
-XZ_VERSION = 4.999.9beta
+XZ_VERSION = 5.0.0
 XZ_SOURCE = xz-$(XZ_VERSION).tar.bz2
 XZ_SITE = http://tukaani.org/xz/
 XZ_INSTALL_STAGING = YES