diff --git a/media-gfx/krita/krita-4.4.7.recipe b/media-gfx/krita/krita-4.4.8.recipe
similarity index 98%
rename from media-gfx/krita/krita-4.4.7.recipe
rename to media-gfx/krita/krita-4.4.8.recipe
index 811d98b1e..a0fe48e36 100644
--- a/media-gfx/krita/krita-4.4.7.recipe
+++ b/media-gfx/krita/krita-4.4.8.recipe
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ HOMEPAGE="https://www.krita.org/"
 COPYRIGHT="2010-2021 KDE Organisation"
 LICENSE="GNU LGPL v2"
 REVISION="1"
-SOURCE_URI="https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/$portVersion/krita-$portVersion.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="23a7c5c4f44271153977215764fbc6bd36fd32e1a292bbd3686097a69e0b4519"
+SOURCE_URI="https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/$portVersion/krita-$portVersion.tar.xz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="45112bf9d59beaf70de1e221699711a66b617a680d07e59d037d3b93ae77f450"
 SOURCE_DIR="krita-$portVersion"
 PATCHES="krita-$portVersion.patchset
 	krita-openexr3.patch"
diff --git a/media-gfx/krita/patches/krita-4.4.7.patchset b/media-gfx/krita/patches/krita-4.4.8.patchset
similarity index 100%
rename from media-gfx/krita/patches/krita-4.4.7.patchset
rename to media-gfx/krita/patches/krita-4.4.8.patchset