diff --git a/cross/init.sh b/cross/init.sh
index b9bbc84..4d9c5eb 100755
--- a/cross/init.sh
+++ b/cross/init.sh
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ if [ ! -f tmp/bin/autoconf ]; then
 )
 failOnError $? "building autoconf"
 fi
-# build automake 1.11.6
+# build automake 1.11.1
 # - autoreconf to avoid conflicts with installed automake
 # - automake; configure; make (that will fail) and then automake again
 #   to workaround this hell
diff --git a/cross/src/fetch.json b/cross/src/fetch.json
index 600f76e..5e93a19 100644
--- a/cross/src/fetch.json
+++ b/cross/src/fetch.json
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 		]
 	},
 	"automake": {
-		"Upstream":"https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.11.6.tar.gz",
+		"Upstream":"https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.11.1.tar.bz2",
 		"Digest": {
-			"sha256":"53dbf1945401c43f4ce19c1971baecdbf8bc32e0f37fa3f49fe7b6992d0d2030"
+			"sha256":"5b159d3c0e0a1f87de71b68bcb9f1a1c49e9e71749c9b723f17e2e1e0295c7ae"
 		},
-		"Compress":"gzip",
+		"Compress":"bzip2",
 		"RemovePrefix": true,
 		"Exclude": [
 		]