diff --git a/package/libnftnl/libnftnl.hash b/package/libnftnl/libnftnl.hash
index 113110fc1b..0cb3917f2d 100644
--- a/package/libnftnl/libnftnl.hash
+++ b/package/libnftnl/libnftnl.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # From http://www.netfilter.org/projects/libnftnl/downloads.html
-sha256  e916ea9b79f9518560b9a187251a7c042442a9ecbce7f36be7908888605d0255  libnftnl-1.2.3.tar.bz2
+sha256  966de0a8120c8a53db859889749368bfb2cba0c4f0b4c1a30d264eccc45f1226  libnftnl-1.2.5.tar.xz
 sha256  98193898c663001eff2fdcfb676e210c13042bc1a05e8d570c363efa396f8e24  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libnftnl/libnftnl.mk b/package/libnftnl/libnftnl.mk
index fd87f70091..a7045337d0 100644
--- a/package/libnftnl/libnftnl.mk
+++ b/package/libnftnl/libnftnl.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBNFTNL_VERSION = 1.2.3
+LIBNFTNL_VERSION = 1.2.5
 LIBNFTNL_SITE = https://netfilter.org/projects/libnftnl/files
-LIBNFTNL_SOURCE = libnftnl-$(LIBNFTNL_VERSION).tar.bz2
+LIBNFTNL_SOURCE = libnftnl-$(LIBNFTNL_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBNFTNL_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 LIBNFTNL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 LIBNFTNL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES