diff --git a/package/utils/bzip2/Makefile b/package/utils/bzip2/Makefile
index 9c64d2264a..7ae089f4f4 100644
--- a/package/utils/bzip2/Makefile
+++ b/package/utils/bzip2/Makefile
@@ -8,16 +8,15 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=bzip2
-PKG_VERSION:=1.0.6
-PKG_RELEASE:=5
+PKG_VERSION:=1.0.8
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/ \
-	http://distcache.freebsd.org/ports-distfiles/
-PKG_HASH:=a2848f34fcd5d6cf47def00461fcb528a0484d8edef8208d6d2e2909dc61d9cd
-PKG_MAINTAINER:=Steven Barth <cyrus@openwrt.org>
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://sourceware.org/pub/bzip2
+PKG_HASH:=ab5a03176ee106d3f0fa90e381da478ddae405918153cca248e682cd0c4a2269
 
-PKG_LICENSE:=BZIP2
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Steven Barth <cyrus@openwrt.org>
+PKG_LICENSE:=bzip2-1.0.8
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:bzip:bzip2
 
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
 define Package/bzip2/Default
   SUBMENU:=Compression
-  URL:=http://www.bzip.org/
+  URL:=https://sourceware.org/bzip2/
 endef
 
 define Package/libbz2
diff --git a/package/utils/bzip2/patches/010-CVE-2016-3189.patch b/package/utils/bzip2/patches/010-CVE-2016-3189.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 064f982c48..0000000000
--- a/package/utils/bzip2/patches/010-CVE-2016-3189.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-diff -up ./bzip2recover.c.old ./bzip2recover.c
---- ./bzip2recover.c.old	2016-03-22 08:49:38.855620000 +0100
-+++ ./bzip2recover.c	2016-03-30 10:22:27.341430099 +0200
-@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ Int32 main ( Int32 argc, Char** argv )
-             bsPutUChar ( bsWr, 0x50 ); bsPutUChar ( bsWr, 0x90 );
-             bsPutUInt32 ( bsWr, blockCRC );
-             bsClose ( bsWr );
-+            outFile = NULL;
-          }
-          if (wrBlock >= rbCtr) break;
-          wrBlock++;
diff --git a/package/utils/bzip2/patches/020-no-utime.patch b/package/utils/bzip2/patches/020-no-utime.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0cd4f0e35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/utils/bzip2/patches/020-no-utime.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+--- a/bzip2.c
++++ b/bzip2.c
+@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
+ #if BZ_UNIX
+ #   include <fcntl.h>
+ #   include <sys/types.h>
+-#   include <utime.h>
+ #   include <unistd.h>
+ #   include <sys/stat.h>
+ #   include <sys/times.h>
+@@ -1051,12 +1050,12 @@ void applySavedTimeInfoToOutputFile ( Ch
+ {
+ #  if BZ_UNIX
+    IntNative      retVal;
+-   struct utimbuf uTimBuf;
++   struct timespec uTimBuf[2] = {};
+ 
+-   uTimBuf.actime = fileMetaInfo.st_atime;
+-   uTimBuf.modtime = fileMetaInfo.st_mtime;
++   uTimBuf[0].tv_sec = fileMetaInfo.st_atime;
++   uTimBuf[1].tv_sec = fileMetaInfo.st_mtime;
+ 
+-   retVal = utime ( dstName, &uTimBuf );
++   retVal = utimensat ( AT_FDCWD, dstName, uTimBuf , 0 );
+    ERROR_IF_NOT_ZERO ( retVal );
+ #  endif
+ }