diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/fakeroot/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/fakeroot/default.nix
index 8ffa85a5084a..8796de4e9e07 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/fakeroot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/fakeroot/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, getopt, libcap }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.22";
+  version = "1.23";
   name = "fakeroot-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://http.debian.net/debian/pool/main/f/fakeroot/fakeroot_${version}.orig.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1zn67sp066q63vx95r671v0ki878i40a2wa57pmh64k43r56m05x";
+    url = "http://http.debian.net/debian/pool/main/f/fakeroot/fakeroot_${version}.orig.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1xpl0s2yjyjwlf832b6kbkaa5921liybaar13k7n45ckd9lxd700";
   };
 
   patches = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux ./einval.patch