diff --git a/projects/plain-binaries/build b/projects/plain-binaries/build
index 649ce69..936d915 100644
--- a/projects/plain-binaries/build
+++ b/projects/plain-binaries/build
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ tar -C /var/tmp/dist/[% project %] -xf [% c('input_files_by_name/ncprop279') %]
 cd $distdir
 [% c('tar', {
    tar_src   => [ '.' ],
-   tar_args  => '-czf ' _ dest_dir _ '/' _ c('filename'),
+   tar_args  => '-cJf ' _ dest_dir _ '/' _ c('filename'),
  }) %]
diff --git a/projects/plain-binaries/config b/projects/plain-binaries/config
index 8f54a05..e84472a 100644
--- a/projects/plain-binaries/config
+++ b/projects/plain-binaries/config
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 version: '[% c("var/ncdns_version") %]'
-filename: '[% project %]-[% c("version") %]-[% c("var/osname") %]-[% c("var/build_id") %].tar.gz'
+filename: '[% project %]-[% c("version") %]-[% c("var/osname") %]-[% c("var/build_id") %].tar.xz'
 
 var:
   container: