diff --git a/srcpkgs/xar/template b/srcpkgs/xar/template
index 79117d197a9..65f1a249724 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xar/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xar/template
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ short_desc="Archiver for the eXtensible ARchiver format"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/mackyle/xar"
-distfiles="https://github.com/downloads/mackyle/xar/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=ee46089968457cf710b8cf1bdeb98b7ef232eb8a4cdeb34502e1f16ef4d2153e
+distfiles="https://github.com/mackyle/xar/archive/refs/tags/xar-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=5e7d50dab73f5cb1713b49fa67c455c2a0dd2b0a7770cbc81b675e21f6210e25
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 *-musl)