diff --git a/system/lightdm/lightdm.SlackBuild b/system/lightdm/lightdm.SlackBuild
index 7ca3fc7e167..32cf479c392 100644
--- a/system/lightdm/lightdm.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/lightdm/lightdm.SlackBuild
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.xz
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
diff --git a/system/lightdm/lightdm.info b/system/lightdm/lightdm.info
index 2567693a23e..594c22aa520 100644
--- a/system/lightdm/lightdm.info
+++ b/system/lightdm/lightdm.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="lightdm"
 VERSION="1.33.1"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/ubuntu/lightdm"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/ubuntu/lightdm/archive/1.33.1/lightdm-1.33.1.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="1e228e940a9e97a59a4e67b07836ad17"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/ubuntu/lightdm/releases/download/1.33.1/lightdm-1.33.1.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="3cae04affa4c5d7cbced0a598cd2b200"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""