diff --git a/archivers/xar/Makefile b/archivers/xar/Makefile
index 85d9cbe20db1..62e8d2d97fb3 100644
--- a/archivers/xar/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/xar/Makefile
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	xar
-PORTVERSION=	1.5.2
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTVERSION=	1.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	archivers
-MASTER_SITES=	GENTOO
+MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/downloads/mackyle/xar/ \
+		GENTOO
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	OpenDarwin XML eXtensible ARchiver
@@ -13,11 +13,9 @@ COMMENT=	OpenDarwin XML eXtensible ARchiver
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
-
-USES=		gmake libtool
+USES=		gmake libtool ssl
 USE_GNOME=	libxml2
-USE_OPENSSL=	yes
+USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 post-install:
diff --git a/archivers/xar/distinfo b/archivers/xar/distinfo
index 127b0aef5b45..6822b076591f 100644
--- a/archivers/xar/distinfo
+++ b/archivers/xar/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-SHA256 (xar-1.5.2.tar.gz) = 4c5d5682803cdfab16d72365cf51fc4075d597c5eeaa8c7d1990fea98cdae3e6
-SIZE (xar-1.5.2.tar.gz) = 137973
+TIMESTAMP = 1479465542
+SHA256 (xar-1.6.1.tar.gz) = ee46089968457cf710b8cf1bdeb98b7ef232eb8a4cdeb34502e1f16ef4d2153e
+SIZE (xar-1.6.1.tar.gz) = 180771
diff --git a/archivers/xar/pkg-descr b/archivers/xar/pkg-descr
index 39061618bf2e..5db789203419 100644
--- a/archivers/xar/pkg-descr
+++ b/archivers/xar/pkg-descr
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ the archive, the ability to  store checksums for individual files in
 both compressed  and uncompressed form, and the ability to query the
 table of content's rich meta-data.
 
-WWW: http://code.google.com/p/xar/
+WWW: http://mackyle.github.io/xar/