diff --git a/srcpkgs/mpc/template b/srcpkgs/mpc/template
index 27ce327849e..ab7093a8c52 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mpc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mpc/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'mpc'
 pkgname=mpc
-version=0.23
+version=0.24
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ short_desc="Minimalist command line interface to MPD"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://www.musicpd.org/clients/mpc/"
-distfiles="http://www.musicpd.org/download/mpc/${version%.*}/mpc-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=29bab8f3018507c761eabcd9bb86856b3c3436f3ee1ba0456b0e17fc1c3729c7
+distfiles="http://www.musicpd.org/download/mpc/${version%.*}/mpc-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=e73b81707c4c0d88ad4f3e411263ad80ac39f6d6887a8fcbac97fcc4207b28f9
 
 post_install() {
 	vinstall doc/mpc-completion.bash 644 usr/share/bash-completion/completions mpc