diff --git a/x11-toolkits/vte3/Makefile b/x11-toolkits/vte3/Makefile
index a02367e84e11..d10c7c862f4e 100644
--- a/x11-toolkits/vte3/Makefile
+++ b/x11-toolkits/vte3/Makefile
@@ -1,42 +1,42 @@
 # Created by: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org>
 
 PORTNAME=	vte
 PORTVERSION=	0.64.0
 CATEGORIES=	x11-toolkits gnome
 MASTER_SITES=	GNOME
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	3
 DIST_SUBDIR=	gnome
 
 MAINTAINER=	gnome@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Terminal widget with improved accessibility and I18N support
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	vapigen:lang/vala \
 		bash:shells/bash
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libgnutls.so:security/gnutls \
 		libfribidi.so:converters/fribidi \
 		libpcre2-8.so:devel/pcre2 \
 		libicuuc.so:devel/icu
 
 PORTSCOUT=	limitw:1,even
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lang gettext gnome localbase meson \
-		pkgconfig python:3.6+ tar:bzip2
+		pkgconfig python:3.6+ tar:xz
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 USE_GNOME=	cairo gdkpixbuf2 gtk30 introspection:build
 
 MESON_ARGS=	-Da11y=true \
 		-Dgir=true \
 		-Dfribidi=true \
 		-Dgtk3=true \
 		-Dgtk4=false \
 		-Dicu=true \
 		-D_systemd=false \
 		-Dvapi=true
 
 PLIST_SUB=	VERSION=2.91
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	python3=${PYTHON_CMD}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11-toolkits/vte3/distinfo b/x11-toolkits/vte3/distinfo
index 919e5b277e2a..d04d18107959 100644
--- a/x11-toolkits/vte3/distinfo
+++ b/x11-toolkits/vte3/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1617738363
-SHA256 (gnome/vte-0.64.0.tar.bz2) = f4e7580f1a315ae6b68d0aa9758a47ce999ac7bfdbfca3571c8b94ec881b22cf
-SIZE (gnome/vte-0.64.0.tar.bz2) = 486550
+TIMESTAMP = 1618848587
+SHA256 (gnome/vte-0.64.0.tar.xz) = c0c60b8dc343167437c86d984b0cf134df86034180ed70513f683006ada3ec41
+SIZE (gnome/vte-0.64.0.tar.xz) = 874436