diff --git a/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/mailwatch/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin_1.3.2.bb b/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/mailwatch/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin_1.4.0.bb
similarity index 78%
rename from meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/mailwatch/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin_1.3.2.bb
rename to meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/mailwatch/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin_1.4.0.bb
index 9ac375999f..b30b359f79 100644
--- a/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/mailwatch/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin_1.3.2.bb
+++ b/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/mailwatch/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin_1.4.0.bb
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://docs.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin/start"
 LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 
+XFCE_COMPRESS_TYPE = "xz"
+
 inherit xfce-panel-plugin
 
 DEPENDS += "gnutls"
 
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "c4783f1533891cd2e0c34066da859864dce45a23caa6015b58cb9fa9d65a7e44"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "5c211025db1096663fa6b8cc41213464a6d71f24e76326499d857ff81ea3861f"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ipv6', d)}"
 PACKAGECONFIG[ipv6] = "--enable-ipv6,--disable-ipv6,"