diff --git a/src/assembly/default.xml b/src/assembly/default.xml
index 0226f5e4de..335bfca0a8 100644
--- a/src/assembly/default.xml
+++ b/src/assembly/default.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 <assembly>
   <id>dist</id>
   <formats>
-    <format>tar.gz</format>
+    <format>tar.bz2</format>
     <format>zip</format>
   </formats>
   <includeSiteDirectory>false</includeSiteDirectory>