diff --git a/textproc/wordnet/Makefile b/textproc/wordnet/Makefile
index 9d87f57b162f..7e89c8f7eff7 100644
--- a/textproc/wordnet/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/wordnet/Makefile
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ TCL_VER=	${TCL_DVER:C/\.//}
 SCRIPTS_ENV+=	TCL_DVER=${TCL_DVER} VER=${PORTVERSION}
 MAKE_ENV+=	TCL_DVER=${TCL_DVER} VER=${PORTVERSION}
 PLIST_SUB+=	TCL_DVER=${TCL_DVER} VER=${PORTVERSION}
+USE_BZIP2=	yes
 USE_REINPLACE=	yes
 REINPLACE_ARGS=	-i ""
 INSTALLS_SHLIB=	yes
diff --git a/textproc/wordnet/distinfo b/textproc/wordnet/distinfo
index 33b77030d9d6..c27e85ab754a 100644
--- a/textproc/wordnet/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/wordnet/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-MD5 (WordNet-2.1.tar.gz) = 081aa25baaccac602cebb61f6cb949e7
-SHA256 (WordNet-2.1.tar.gz) = 8ed7ec24377d114c6db326a6f114d6e22afb85cc37f7f1386831b6d8f114784d
-SIZE (WordNet-2.1.tar.gz) = 11441476
+MD5 (WordNet-2.1.tar.bz2) = 2f22fae591f60877cd803f57b3bd43cc
+SHA256 (WordNet-2.1.tar.bz2) = 9f05fc60ce8272c7129f829078614882b7a53e20664dd5e38948bd3e497e0224
+SIZE (WordNet-2.1.tar.bz2) = 9004994