diff --git a/_service b/_service
index 627ef88..1e855c0 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   </service>
   <service mode="localonly" name="recompress">
     <param name="file">libeppic-*.tar</param>
-    <param name="compression">xz</param>
+    <param name="compression">bz2</param>
   </service>
   <service mode="localonly" name="set_version" />
 </services>
diff --git a/eppic.spec b/eppic.spec
index d454fe7..0045f7a 100644
--- a/eppic.spec
+++ b/eppic.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Release:        0
 Summary:        Embeddable Pre-Processor and Interpreter for C
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
-Source:         lib%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
+Source:         lib%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch1:         %{name}-fix-install.patch
 BuildRequires:  bison
 BuildRequires:  flex