diff --git a/package/safeclib/safeclib.hash b/package/safeclib/safeclib.hash
index 7e1c6794e4..af732f93fd 100644
--- a/package/safeclib/safeclib.hash
+++ b/package/safeclib/safeclib.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# From https://github.com/rurban/safeclib/releases/tag/v08112019
-sha256	bc2f25875522c50a3a5901981020d906db0b6a7d365619b8d72412c126be3923	libsafec-08112019.0-gad76c7.tar.bz2
+# From https://github.com/rurban/safeclib/releases/tag/v02092020
+sha256  d374bdcbfcdc4c9a76abed3707667372ca212fd87a369e7bcaaa54e716d27c0a  libsafec-02092020.tar.xz
 
 # Hash for license file
-sha256	c33e77efd5781e3d59a2bb648c82d2a615035ef0d24cf58880380e3af906510b	COPYING
+sha256  c33e77efd5781e3d59a2bb648c82d2a615035ef0d24cf58880380e3af906510b  COPYING
diff --git a/package/safeclib/safeclib.mk b/package/safeclib/safeclib.mk
index 3af8fbb167..032a73bf67 100644
--- a/package/safeclib/safeclib.mk
+++ b/package/safeclib/safeclib.mk
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-SAFECLIB_VERSION = 08112019
+SAFECLIB_VERSION = 02092020
 SAFECLIB_SITE = \
 	https://github.com/rurban/safeclib/releases/download/v$(SAFECLIB_VERSION)
-SAFECLIB_SOURCE = libsafec-$(SAFECLIB_VERSION).0-gad76c7.tar.bz2
+SAFECLIB_SOURCE = libsafec-$(SAFECLIB_VERSION).tar.xz
 SAFECLIB_LICENSE = MIT
 SAFECLIB_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 SAFECLIB_INSTALL_STAGING = YES