diff --git a/srcpkgs/re2c/template b/srcpkgs/re2c/template
index 7fc73000fb3..46a317a7bce 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/re2c/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/re2c/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 're2c'
 pkgname=re2c
-version=1.1.1
+version=1.2
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="bison"
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ short_desc="Tool for generating fast C-based recognizers"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="Public Domain"
 homepage="http://re2c.org/"
-distfiles="https://github.com/skvadrik/${pkgname}/releases/download/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=856597337ea00b24ce91f549f79e6eece1b92ba5f8b63292cad66c14ac7451cf
+distfiles="https://github.com/skvadrik/${pkgname}/releases/download/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=000b7b8c3aeaf61fb492b58352574a5777518336fc96071f4d083a7397be841c