diff --git a/xz.be0 b/xz.be0
index d15bdbda1..c19af1334 100755
--- a/xz.be0
+++ b/xz.be0
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env beesh
 
-# BEE_VERSION xz-5.2.4-1
+# BEE_VERSION xz-5.8.1-0
 
 # more info: https://foo.bar.com
 # https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lzmautils/xz-5.2.4.tar.gz
 #SRCURL[0]="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lzmautils/xz-${PKGVERSION}.tar.gz"
-SRCURL[0]="https://beehive.molgen.mpg.de/5ace3264bdd00c65eeec2891346f65e6/xz-5.2.4.tar.gz"
+SRCURL[0]="https://beehive.molgen.mpg.de/209cb25608ab0841f68df4d50d0faa22/xz-5.8.1.tar.gz"
+
+BEE_BUILDTYPE=autotools
 
 # PATCHURL+=()