diff --git a/tools/tar/Makefile b/tools/tar/Makefile
index 4f2c2e5feea..a619e846ce2 100644
--- a/tools/tar/Makefile
+++ b/tools/tar/Makefile
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 PKG_NAME:=tar
 PKG_VERSION:=1.29
 
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/tar
-PKG_MD5SUM:=a1802fec550baaeecff6c381629653ef
+PKG_MD5SUM:=236b11190c0a3a6885bdb8d61424f2b36a5872869aa3f7f695dea4b4843ae2f2
 
 HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL := 1