diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/sysstat b/config/rootfiles/common/sysstat
index 480cbecd3..8103920cd 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/sysstat
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/sysstat
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ usr/bin/sar
 usr/lib/sa/sa1
 usr/lib/sa/sa2
 usr/lib/sa/sadc
-#usr/share/doc/sysstat-12.5.4
-#usr/share/doc/sysstat-12.5.4/CHANGES
-#usr/share/doc/sysstat-12.5.4/COPYING
-#usr/share/doc/sysstat-12.5.4/CREDITS
-#usr/share/doc/sysstat-12.5.4/FAQ.md
-#usr/share/doc/sysstat-12.5.4/README.md
-#usr/share/doc/sysstat-12.5.4/sysstat-12.5.4.lsm
+#usr/share/doc/sysstat-12.7.1
+#usr/share/doc/sysstat-12.7.1/CHANGES
+#usr/share/doc/sysstat-12.7.1/COPYING
+#usr/share/doc/sysstat-12.7.1/CREDITS
+#usr/share/doc/sysstat-12.7.1/FAQ.md
+#usr/share/doc/sysstat-12.7.1/README.md
+#usr/share/doc/sysstat-12.7.1/sysstat-12.7.1.lsm
 #usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/sysstat.mo
 #usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/sysstat.mo
 #usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/sysstat.mo
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ usr/lib/sa/sadc
 #usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/sysstat.mo
 #usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/sysstat.mo
 #usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/sysstat.mo
+#usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/sysstat.mo
 #usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/sysstat.mo
 #usr/share/locale/ky/LC_MESSAGES/sysstat.mo
 #usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/sysstat.mo
diff --git a/lfs/sysstat b/lfs/sysstat
index 40d2d01a2..df92f2803 100644
--- a/lfs/sysstat
+++ b/lfs/sysstat
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2021  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2022  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
 #                                                                             #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 12.5.4
+VER        = 12.7.1
 
 THISAPP    = sysstat-$(VER)
-DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.bz2
+DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.xz
 DL_FROM    = $(URL_IPFIRE)
 DIR_APP    = $(DIR_SRC)/$(THISAPP)
 TARGET     = $(DIR_INFO)/$(THISAPP)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 63d11719e9a2e0ed2b1d9917101f57197dbb02e4643f0407ff344521b34a25ab66917019b10de81addffe936dc7cb98b4ced9daad982740113f73bfcfc4ce634
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = fc2af19b7f46e28b2d169ad1279bd7f2472b4325c2d28d4252fd19ffd0ac2b904549f4b9daf70e94c6287bceee0e6ca51cc0600b6680b216deadc326922c13d6
 
 install : $(TARGET)
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ $(subst %,%_BLAKE2,$(objects)) :
 
 $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	@$(PREBUILD)
-	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar jxf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
+	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar axf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && ./configure --prefix=/usr
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && make $(MAKETUNING)
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && make install