diff --git a/dev-lang/python/python-2.6.9.recipe b/dev-lang/python/python-2.6.9.recipe
index 1501779ad..bc590b92c 100644
--- a/dev-lang/python/python-2.6.9.recipe
+++ b/dev-lang/python/python-2.6.9.recipe
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ OSI-approved open source license.
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.python.org"
 LICENSE="Python"
 COPYRIGHT="1990-2012, Python Software Foundation"
-SRC_URI="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.6.9/Python-2.6.9.tar.xz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="cae7bb995006ea5b703d9d28446f694894c441fe4bfb95d561c0ac908cd06e41"
-REVISION="1"
+SRC_URI="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.6.9/Python-2.6.9.tgz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="7277b1285d8a82f374ef6ebaac85b003266f7939b3f2a24a3af52f9523ac94db"
+REVISION="2"
 ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 
 PATCHES="python-2.6.9.patchset"