diff --git a/releases/specs/hppa/hppa1.1/stage1-openrc.spec b/releases/specs/hppa/hppa1.1/stage1-openrc.spec
index d7fad4b7..cc16449a 100644
--- a/releases/specs/hppa/hppa1.1/stage1-openrc.spec
+++ b/releases/specs/hppa/hppa1.1/stage1-openrc.spec
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ source_subpath: default/stage3-hppa1.1-openrc-latest
 update_seed: yes
 portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/portage/stages
 portage_prefix: releng
-pkgcache_path: /var/tmp/catalyst/packages/default/stage1-hppa1.1
+compression_mode: pixz
+decompressor_search_order: xz bzip2
diff --git a/releases/specs/hppa/hppa1.1/stage1-systemd.spec b/releases/specs/hppa/hppa1.1/stage1-systemd.spec
index 36d8075b..8f0b0849 100644
--- a/releases/specs/hppa/hppa1.1/stage1-systemd.spec
+++ b/releases/specs/hppa/hppa1.1/stage1-systemd.spec
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ source_subpath: default/stage3-hppa1.1-systemd-latest
 update_seed: yes
 portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/portage/stages
 portage_prefix: releng
-pkgcache_path: /var/tmp/catalyst/packages/default/stage1-hppa1.1
+compression_mode: pixz
+decompressor_search_order: xz bzip2
diff --git a/releases/specs/hppa/hppa1.1/stage3-openrc.spec b/releases/specs/hppa/hppa1.1/stage3-openrc.spec
index 37bb63b2..0eaa1059 100644
--- a/releases/specs/hppa/hppa1.1/stage3-openrc.spec
+++ b/releases/specs/hppa/hppa1.1/stage3-openrc.spec
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ snapshot: @TIMESTAMP@
 source_subpath: default/stage1-hppa1.1-openrc-@TIMESTAMP@
 portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/portage/stages
 portage_prefix: releng
-pkgcache_path: /var/tmp/catalyst/packages/default/stage3-hppa1.1
+compression_mode: pixz
+decompressor_search_order: xz bzip2
diff --git a/releases/specs/hppa/hppa1.1/stage3-systemd.spec b/releases/specs/hppa/hppa1.1/stage3-systemd.spec
index 5720d021..5760be36 100644
--- a/releases/specs/hppa/hppa1.1/stage3-systemd.spec
+++ b/releases/specs/hppa/hppa1.1/stage3-systemd.spec
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ snapshot: @TIMESTAMP@
 source_subpath: default/stage1-hppa1.1-systemd-@TIMESTAMP@
 portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/portage/stages
 portage_prefix: releng
-pkgcache_path: /var/tmp/catalyst/packages/default/stage3-hppa1.1
+compression_mode: pixz
+decompressor_search_order: xz bzip2
diff --git a/tools/catalyst-auto-hppa.conf b/tools/catalyst-auto-hppa.conf
index 53b2f68b..09d1cfdd 100644
--- a/tools/catalyst-auto-hppa.conf
+++ b/tools/catalyst-auto-hppa.conf
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ update_symlinks() {
 	for d in "${BUILD_SRCDIR_BASE}/builds/default" ; do
 		pushd "${d}" >/dev/null
 		for t in hppa1.1 hppa2.0; do
-			for f in $(ls stage3-${t}-*bz2 | grep -v latest | give_latest_from_dates) ; do
+			for f in $(ls stage3-${t}-*bz2 stage3-${t}-*xz | grep -v latest | give_latest_from_dates) ; do
 				local of=$(echo "${f}" | convert_filename)
 				ln -sf "${f}" "${of}"
 			done
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ post_build() {
 		upload install-hppa-minimal-*${TIMESTAMP}*.iso*
 		;;
 	hppa1.1/stage3-openrc.spec)
-		upload stage3-hppa1.1-openrc-*${TIMESTAMP}*.bz2*
+		upload stage3-hppa1.1-openrc-*${TIMESTAMP}*.xz*
 		;;
 	hppa1.1/stage3-systemd.spec)
-		upload stage3-hppa1.1-systemd-*${TIMESTAMP}*.bz2*
+		upload stage3-hppa1.1-systemd-*${TIMESTAMP}*.xz*
 		;;
 	hppa2.0/stage3-openrc.spec)
 		upload stage3-hppa2.0-openrc-*${TIMESTAMP}*.bz2*