diff --git a/package/libs/zlib/Makefile b/package/libs/zlib/Makefile
index 2559fbba0d..2156554964 100644
--- a/package/libs/zlib/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/zlib/Makefile
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ PKG_NAME:=zlib
 PKG_VERSION:=1.3.1
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/madler/zlib/releases/download/v$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_HASH:=38ef96b8dfe510d42707d9c781877914792541133e1870841463bfa73f883e32
+PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/madler/zlib
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=51b7f2abdade71cd9bb0e7a373ef2610ec6f9daf
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=6558577038f4839057fad93afb295bf32e84dc9bd2c33512d40a5eab6d4889ef
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=Zlib
-PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=README
-PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:gnu:zlib
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
+PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:zlib:zlib
 
 PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS:= CONFIG_ZLIB_OPTIMIZE_SPEED