diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index c465e00..45a2f60 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ override_dh_strip:
 	dh_strip --dbg-package=lziprecover-dbg
 
 override_dh_builddeb:
-	dh_builddeb -- -Zgzip -z9
+	dh_builddeb -- -Zxz -z9
diff --git a/debian/source/options b/debian/source/options
index d053b65..22a4de9 100644
--- a/debian/source/options
+++ b/debian/source/options
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-compression = gzip
+compression = xz
 compression-level = 9