diff --git a/gnu/packages/compression.scm b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
index 66eec1b5c5..f3d6ae1bfc 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/compression.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ (define-public gzip
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/gzip/gzip-"
-                                version ".tar.gz"))
+                                version ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256
              (base32
               "1as1ddq58spflzz5kxm0ni0xfpswrkkrncjpxyb3aw77gizcacgv"))))