diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/xcursorgen/xcursorgen_1.0.7.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/xcursorgen/xcursorgen_1.0.8.bb
similarity index 64%
rename from meta-oe/recipes-graphics/xcursorgen/xcursorgen_1.0.7.bb
rename to meta-oe/recipes-graphics/xcursorgen/xcursorgen_1.0.8.bb
index 936d71b101..3770babe80 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/xcursorgen/xcursorgen_1.0.7.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/xcursorgen/xcursorgen_1.0.8.bb
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=bd1fb9ee90eead85f7b171807b3ab4f2"
 
 DEPENDS = "libpng libxcursor"
 
-SRC_URI = "http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/app/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.bz2"
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "25cc7ca1ce5dcbb61c2b471c55e686b5"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "35b6f844b24f1776e9006c880a745728800764dbe3b327a128772b4610d8eb3d"
+SRC_URI = "http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/app/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.xz"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "32b33ce27b4e285e64ff375731806bb7988cc626ff10915c65f1dc4da640cc9b"
 
 inherit features_check autotools pkgconfig