diff --git a/programming/misc/apr/pspec.xml b/programming/misc/apr/pspec.xml
index ca7fbd8ec7..945f8cd5eb 100644
--- a/programming/misc/apr/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/misc/apr/pspec.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <IsA>library</IsA>
         <Summary>Apache portable runtime library</Summary>
         <Description>The mission of the Apache portable runtime (APR) is to provide a free library of C data structures and routines.</Description>
-        <Archive sha1sum="a4479912636820988278621f459cfdacdc76058d" type="targz">mirrors://apache/apr/apr-1.7.4.tar.gz</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="3393f213ed9d4f6ad6425dbdbb6b2f620b45681a" type="tarbz2">mirrors://apache/apr/apr-1.7.4.tar.bz2</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>libutil-linux-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>