diff --git a/packaging/Windows/defs/managed-components b/packaging/Windows/defs/managed-components
index 796ca3e62bdd..79a4ed0191f8 100755
--- a/packaging/Windows/defs/managed-components
+++ b/packaging/Windows/defs/managed-components
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ download()
 {
 	mkdir -p ${REPODIR}
 	report "Downloading Xar"
-	wget --quiet -O ${REPODIR}/xar.tar.gz https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-archive-downloads/v2/code.google.com/xar/xar-1.5.2.tar.gz || error "*** Could not download Xar ***"
+	wget --quiet -O ${REPODIR}/xar.tar.gz https://github.com/downloads/mackyle/xar/xar-1.6.1.tar.gz || error "*** Could not download Xar ***"
 	report "Downloading x64 hostfxr.dll"
 	wget --quiet -O ${REPODIR}/hostfxr-x64.zip https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/package/runtime.win-x64.Microsoft.NETCore.DotNetHostResolver/2.0.0 || error "*** Could not download 64bit hostfxr.dll ***"
 	report "Downloading x86 hostfxr.dll"