diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.6.0a2 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.6.0a2
index 9d22492e..cfa48165 100644
--- a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.6.0a2
+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.6.0a2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #require_gcc
 install_package "openssl-1.0.2g" "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.2g.tar.gz#b784b1b3907ce39abf4098702dade6365522a253ad1552e267a9a0e89594aa33" mac_openssl --if has_broken_mac_openssl
 install_package "readline-6.3" "http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/readline/readline-6.3.tar.gz#56ba6071b9462f980c5a72ab0023893b65ba6debb4eeb475d7a563dc65cafd43" standard --if has_broken_mac_readline
-install_package "Python-3.6.0a2" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.0/Python-3.6.0a2.tgz#66600469e7938b6476e5caaa5a77eafe298877ad81896243970b724c1e6a0401" ldflags_dirs standard verify_py36 ensurepip
+install_package "Python-3.6.0a2" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.0/Python-3.6.0a2.tar.xz#2dd2ddf22a63ef9642a20b1f5a40983209e8d7a8ad8371a881fde520edc9ff86" ldflags_dirs standard verify_py36 ensurepip