diff --git a/lfs/iputils b/lfs/iputils
index d881a0f74..3343623cf 100644
--- a/lfs/iputils
+++ b/lfs/iputils
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 20221126
+VER        = 20231222
 
 THISAPP    = iputils-$(VER)
-DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
+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)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 97bdc49810ce9e517211323e8e8ffd2f2be505704d67533db0e8f296701048b82c61b39062aab4a8fa148b29175636a657c2dcdd65e3a16b1572d2f392b8ecf0
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = a76d4e9741c4ce8d2a2b6337873400543c5bb51d61a794fdfed8c8f4228c41020f5203c8af7ca44a36877d246d4f67019d31f1a58e48c6fca7964d6ebc9d764b
 
 install : $(TARGET)