diff --git a/tools/autoconf/Makefile b/tools/autoconf/Makefile
index f5d22c3ff8..ec154e4647 100644
--- a/tools/autoconf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/autoconf/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # 
-# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2014 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=autoconf
-PKG_VERSION:=2.68
+PKG_VERSION:=2.69
 
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/autoconf
-PKG_MD5SUM:=864d785215aa60d627c91fcb21b05b07
+PKG_MD5SUM:=50f97f4159805e374639a73e2636f22e
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk