diff --git a/srcpkgs/irqbalance/template b/srcpkgs/irqbalance/template
index 828c264a04a..6f39ddd7935 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/irqbalance/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/irqbalance/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'irqbalance'
 pkgname=irqbalance
-version=1.0.4
+version=1.0.5
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 systemd_services="${pkgname}.service on"
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ short_desc="Handholding your interrupts for power and performance"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="https://code.google.com/p/irqbalance/"
-distfiles="https://irqbalance.googlecode.com/files/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=15725edf4a6f20258620cbd05ebf02d0c25aadd5ffa4871ef8507c9215021c43
+distfiles="https://irqbalance.googlecode.com/files/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=1123e75224b9c0b63ac85892e920bc4a9c76211278ea3d5d4bcbbde44815685c
 long_desc="
  Irqbalance is the Linux utility tasked with making sure that interrupts from
  your hardware devices are handled in as efficient a manner as possible