diff --git a/libgpiod.spec b/libgpiod.spec
index d201597..40415de 100644
--- a/libgpiod.spec
+++ b/libgpiod.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Summary:       C library and tools for interacting with linux GPIO char device
 
 License:       LGPLv2+
 URL:           https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libgpiod/libgpiod.git/
-Source0:       https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libgpiod/libgpiod.git/snapshot/%{name}-%{version}%{?candidate:-%{candidate}}.tar.gz
+Source0:       https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libgpiod/libgpiod.git/snapshot/%{name}-%{version}%{?candidate:-%{candidate}}.tar.xz
 
 BuildRequires: automake autoconf autoconf-archive libtool
 BuildRequires: doxygen