diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/plocate/plocate_1.1.17.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/plocate/plocate_1.1.17.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index ef36754bac..0000000000
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/plocate/plocate_1.1.17.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-require plocate.inc
-# GPL-2.0-only
-LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
-
-SRC_URI = "git://git.sesse.net/plocate;protocol=https;branch=master"
-
-SRCREV = "7e5defd4e7e075cb9226e7d2d9a80f943c482d11"
-S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/plocate/plocate.inc b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/plocate/plocate_1.1.19.bb
similarity index 61%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-extended/plocate/plocate.inc
rename to meta-oe/recipes-extended/plocate/plocate_1.1.19.bb
index 166fc2d561..6b3160f090 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/plocate/plocate.inc
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/plocate/plocate_1.1.19.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://plocate.sesse.net/"
 DESCRIPTION = "plocate is a locate(1) based on posting lists, completely replacing mlocate with a much faster (and smaller) index. It is suitable as a default locate on your system."
 SECTION = "base"
 LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 
 inherit meson pkgconfig
 
 DEPENDS = "zstd liburing"
+
+SRC_URI = "https://plocate.sesse.net/download/${BP}.tar.gz"
+
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "d95bc8ee8a9f79b9f69ce63df53fb85b202139f243bbb84c399555eda22e6165"