diff --git a/srcpkgs/man-db/template b/srcpkgs/man-db/template
index 8e931b63c8..b10259b994 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/man-db/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/man-db/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'man-db'
 pkgname=man-db
-version=2.6.2
+version=2.6.3
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-db=gdbm --with-pager=less --with-gzip=/usr/bin/gzip
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ short_desc="The on-line manual database"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://www.nongnu.org/man-db/"
-distfiles="${NONGNU_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=602aea73460dc94ec2aef6d8996bbe3d85372c087384d9e7c1ffda0821642709
+distfiles="${NONGNU_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
+checksum=51db85cbbdcb99927865bad4c653a8b18991831e751cc501098a772924e26b47
 long_desc="
  man-db is an implementation of the standard Unix documentation system
  accessed using the man command. It uses a Berkeley DB database in place of