diff --git a/package/base/wxwidgets/wxwidgets.desc b/package/base/wxwidgets/wxwidgets.desc
index 92fb9b5f1..40c3439ac 100644
--- a/package/base/wxwidgets/wxwidgets.desc
+++ b/package/base/wxwidgets/wxwidgets.desc
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@
 [V] 2.8.10
 [P] X --?--5---9 174.400
 
-[D] 1941184321 wxWidgets-2.8.10.tar.bz2 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/wxwindows/wxAll/2.8.10/
+[D] 1941184321 wxWidgets-2.8.10.tar.gz http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/wxwindows/wxAll/2.8.10/