diff --git a/srcpkgs/tar/template b/srcpkgs/tar/template
index 4bdbd8c3bc..2a029d7ba0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tar/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tar/template
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Template build file for 'tar'.
 pkgname=tar
-version=1.23
+version=1.24
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 short_desc="The GNU tape archiver with remote magnetic tape support"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=c9328372db62fbb1d94c9e4e3cefc961111af46de47085b635359c00a0eebe36
+checksum=17c6e065758f68f034cea977187ab8ec484da62c0fae1410428bb0d8eee3aded
 long_desc="
  GNU tar, originally shipped as NetBSD's \"tar\" up to version 1.3, is a
  full-featured tar command that can access remote and local magnetic tapes,
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@ long_desc="
 
 base_chroot=yes
 Add_dependency run glibc
-Add_dependency run bzip2
+Add_dependency full bzip2	">=0"
 Add_dependency full gzip
-Add_dependency build bzip2-devel