diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libmpc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libmpc/package.nix
index cbfc47befa40..35328cc0023c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libmpc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libmpc/package.nix
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "libmpc";
-  version = "1.3.1"; # to avoid clash with the MPD client
+  version = "1.4.0"; # to avoid clash with the MPD client
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://gnu/mpc/mpc-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-q2QkkvXPiCt0qgy3MM1BCoHtzb7IlRg86TDnBsHHWbg=";
+    url = "mirror://gnu/mpc/mpc-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-MhCzpUaxywDClso2CJHXdA7m/wbesCono1sgzTwLsaU=";
   };
 
   strictDeps = true;