diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index a85f128b..3d785d1b 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ local-pkg-list: $(LOCAL_PKG_LIST)</pre>
     </tr>
     <tr>
         <td class="package">libarchive</td>
-        <td class="website"><a href="http://code.google.com/p/libarchive/">Libarchive</a></td>
+        <td class="website"><a href="http://www.libarchive.org/">Libarchive</a></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
         <td class="package">libass</td>
diff --git a/src/libarchive-test.c b/src/libarchive-test.c
index dafd4fec..daeca815 100644
--- a/src/libarchive-test.c
+++ b/src/libarchive-test.c
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     (void)argv;
 
     tgz = archive_write_new();
-    archive_write_set_compression_gzip(tgz);
+    archive_write_set_options(tgz, "gzip=9");
     archive_write_set_format_ustar(tgz);
-    archive_write_finish(tgz);
+    archive_write_free(tgz);
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/libarchive.mk b/src/libarchive.mk
index c1752cda..33491d64 100644
--- a/src/libarchive.mk
+++ b/src/libarchive.mk
@@ -3,17 +3,18 @@
 
 PKG             := libarchive
 $(PKG)_IGNORE   :=
-$(PKG)_VERSION  := 3.0.3
-$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := b774e2675e5c1abafbd4d667402e8c3e72313944
+$(PKG)_VERSION  := 3.1.2
+$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := 6a991777ecb0f890be931cec4aec856d1a195489
 $(PKG)_SUBDIR   := $(PKG)-$($(PKG)_VERSION)
 $(PKG)_FILE     := $(PKG)-$($(PKG)_VERSION).tar.gz
-$(PKG)_URL      := http://libarchive.googlecode.com/files/$($(PKG)_FILE)
+$(PKG)_URL      := http://www.libarchive.org/downloads/$($(PKG)_FILE)
 $(PKG)_DEPS     := gcc bzip2 libiconv libxml2 openssl xz zlib
 
 define $(PKG)_UPDATE
-    $(WGET) -q -O- 'http://code.google.com/p/libarchive/downloads/list?sort=-uploaded' | \
+    $(WGET) -q -O- 'http://www.libarchive.org/downloads/' | \
     $(SED) -n 's,.*libarchive-\([0-9][^<]*\)\.tar.*,\1,p' | \
-    head -1
+    $(SORT) -V | \
+    tail -1
 endef
 
 define $(PKG)_BUILD
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ define $(PKG)_BUILD
         --disable-shared \
         --disable-bsdtar \
         --disable-bsdcpio \
+        --disable-bsdcat \
         XML2_CONFIG='$(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)'/bin/xml2-config
     $(MAKE) -C '$(1)' -j '$(JOBS)' man_MANS=
     $(MAKE) -C '$(1)' -j 1 install man_MANS=