diff --git a/packages/libnftnl/build.sh b/packages/libnftnl/build.sh
index 5fe84197d0..2a93028c9f 100644
--- a/packages/libnftnl/build.sh
+++ b/packages/libnftnl/build.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://www.netfilter.org/projects/libnftnl/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Netfilter library providing interface to the nf_tables subsystem"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-2.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.2.4
-TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://netfilter.org/projects/libnftnl/files/libnftnl-$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=c0fe233be4cdfd703e7d5977ef8eb63fcbf1d0052b6044e1b23d47ca3562477f
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.2.5
+TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://netfilter.org/projects/libnftnl/files/libnftnl-$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION.tar.xz
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=966de0a8120c8a53db859889749368bfb2cba0c4f0b4c1a30d264eccc45f1226
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libmnl"
 TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="libnftnl-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="libnftnl-dev"