diff --git a/devel/binutils/Makefile b/devel/binutils/Makefile
index 0d18076f556a..d3018a2dbc41 100644
--- a/devel/binutils/Makefile
+++ b/devel/binutils/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ RELRO_DESC=	enable -z relro in ELF linker by default
 LICENSE_FILE_GPLv3=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING3
 LICENSE_FILE_LGPL3=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING3.LIB
 
-USES=		bison:alias cpe gmake libtool tar:bzip2 compiler:env
+USES=		bison:alias cpe gmake libtool tar:xz compiler:env
 CPE_VENDOR=	gnu
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
diff --git a/devel/binutils/distinfo b/devel/binutils/distinfo
index da14f27ede73..26bb6cf5fda4 100644
--- a/devel/binutils/distinfo
+++ b/devel/binutils/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1572946280
-SHA256 (binutils-2.33.1.tar.bz2) = 0cb4843da15a65a953907c96bad658283f3c4419d6bcc56bf2789db16306adb2
-SIZE (binutils-2.33.1.tar.bz2) = 32160315
+TIMESTAMP = 1575361927
+SHA256 (binutils-2.33.1.tar.xz) = ab66fc2d1c3ec0359b8e08843c9f33b63e8707efdff5e4cc5c200eae24722cbf
+SIZE (binutils-2.33.1.tar.xz) = 21490848