diff --git a/development/schroot/schroot.SlackBuild b/development/schroot/schroot.SlackBuild
index 529835bb8f..7775559c35 100644
--- a/development/schroot/schroot.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/schroot/schroot.SlackBuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=schroot
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.4.19}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.6.3}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM\_$VERSION.orig.tar.bz2
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM\_$VERSION.orig.tar.?z*
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find . \
diff --git a/development/schroot/schroot.info b/development/schroot/schroot.info
index 9d16d40b15..9d543c6efc 100644
--- a/development/schroot/schroot.info
+++ b/development/schroot/schroot.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="schroot"
-VERSION="1.4.19"
+VERSION="1.6.3"
 HOMEPAGE="http://packages.debian.org/sid/schroot"
-DOWNLOAD="http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/schroot/schroot_1.4.19.orig.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="b4ba1738a9e211956e19920244bcecb0"
+DOWNLOAD="http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/schroot/schroot_1.6.3.orig.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="f6b1badef213ce8e9ef37bb3fc213390"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""