diff --git a/toolchain/uClibc/Config.version b/toolchain/uClibc/Config.version
index 7804da4940..b9c06277ac 100644
--- a/toolchain/uClibc/Config.version
+++ b/toolchain/uClibc/Config.version
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 config UCLIBC_VERSION
 	string
 	depends on USE_UCLIBC
-	default "1.0.8"
+	default "1.0.9"
 
 config UCLIBC_VERSION_NG
 	bool
diff --git a/toolchain/uClibc/common.mk b/toolchain/uClibc/common.mk
index 3d0a501247..ad6ff02421 100644
--- a/toolchain/uClibc/common.mk
+++ b/toolchain/uClibc/common.mk
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ PKG_NAME:=uClibc-ng
 PKG_SOURCE_URL = http://downloads.uclibc-ng.org/releases/$(PKG_VERSION)/
 PATCH_DIR:=$(PATH_PREFIX)/patches
 CONFIG_DIR:=$(PATH_PREFIX)/config
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBC_SO_VERSION:=$(PKG_VERSION)
 
-PKG_MD5SUM=d7dbc8ddb0274beacbb48e6928d7b097
+PKG_MD5SUM=64bbe13301ffa6ba30c5c1ddec335583
 
 HOST_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR_TOOLCHAIN)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)