diff --git a/utils/squashfs-tools/Config.in b/utils/squashfs-tools/Config.in
index 6d556700f..ebe09147b 100644
--- a/utils/squashfs-tools/Config.in
+++ b/utils/squashfs-tools/Config.in
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ config SQUASHFS_TOOLS_XZ_SUPPORT
 	depends on PACKAGE_squashfs-tools-mksquashfs || PACKAGE_squashfs-tools-unsquashfs
 	bool "Enable XZ support"
 	select PACKAGE_liblzma
-	default n
+	default y
 
 config SQUASHFS_TOOLS_ZSTD_SUPPORT
 	depends on PACKAGE_squashfs-tools-mksquashfs || PACKAGE_squashfs-tools-unsquashfs
diff --git a/utils/squashfs-tools/Makefile b/utils/squashfs-tools/Makefile
index 19da23384..687fc4134 100644
--- a/utils/squashfs-tools/Makefile
+++ b/utils/squashfs-tools/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# 
+#
 # Copyright (C) 2016 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=squashfs-tools
 PKG_VERSION:=4.4
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-only
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING