diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/default.nix
index 7f84e1cc9b41..0927934b0ba3 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, withoutInitTools ? false }:
 
-let version = "2.89"; in
+let version = "2.93"; in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = (if withoutInitTools then "sysvtools" else "sysvinit") + "-" + version;
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://savannah/sysvinit/sysvinit-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0rdw5lgg2rpcfdmq90br388qr01w89vsqmpvrqcqjqsmxk9zw3c2";
+    url = "mirror://savannah/sysvinit/sysvinit-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1zx84vrzv615na661dd6mg4wh999m0jp25lsa241961x4c74cba7";
   };
 
   prePatch = ''