diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/libarchive b/config/rootfiles/common/libarchive
index 5bb4f197a..e1c76269b 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/libarchive
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/libarchive
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #usr/lib/libarchive.la
 #usr/lib/libarchive.so
 usr/lib/libarchive.so.13
-usr/lib/libarchive.so.13.5.1
+usr/lib/libarchive.so.13.5.2
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/libarchive.pc
 #usr/share/man/man1/bsdcat.1
 #usr/share/man/man1/bsdcpio.1
diff --git a/lfs/libarchive b/lfs/libarchive
index e78c0be27..a9618c2b5 100644
--- a/lfs/libarchive
+++ b/lfs/libarchive
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 3.5.1
+VER        = 3.5.2
 
 THISAPP    = libarchive-$(VER)
-DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
+DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.xz
 DL_FROM    = $(URL_IPFIRE)
 DIR_APP    = $(DIR_SRC)/$(THISAPP)
 TARGET     = $(DIR_INFO)/$(THISAPP)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = c96040b75a14c8ba73238c284147e87f
+$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 2ba9f1f8c169aa9caf8e2d34dde323be
 
 install : $(TARGET)
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ $(subst %,%_MD5,$(objects)) :
 
 $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	@$(PREBUILD)
-	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar zxf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
+	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar axf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && make $(MAKETUNING)
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && make install