diff --git a/config/blobs.yml b/config/blobs.yml
index bb88107f9..1f9cd4e44 100644
--- a/config/blobs.yml
+++ b/config/blobs.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ procps-ng-4.0.5.tar.xz:
   size: 1517672
   object_id: e196e815-f7be-462d-64f0-feaac1caffe0
   sha: sha256:c2e6d193cc78f84cd6ddb72aaf6d5c6a9162f0470e5992092057f5ff518562fa
-socat-1.7.4.4.tar.gz:
-  size: 662968
-  object_id: beda2a1f-82fe-4370-47c9-080352292869
-  sha: sha256:0f8f4b9d5c60b8c53d17b60d79ababc4a0f51b3bb6d2bd3ae8a6a4b9d68f195e
+socat-1.8.1.1.tar.bz2:
+  size: 606348
+  object_id: e42ede18-244d-423f-6f34-da9f0b08748e
+  sha: sha256:5ebc636b7f427053f98806696521653a614c7e06464910353cbf54e2327adc1b
diff --git a/packages/percona-xtradb-cluster-8.0/packaging b/packages/percona-xtradb-cluster-8.0/packaging
index 2422eb491..e0b512e87 100644
--- a/packages/percona-xtradb-cluster-8.0/packaging
+++ b/packages/percona-xtradb-cluster-8.0/packaging
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ install_runtime_dependencies() {
     ln -sf "/var/vcap/packages/percona-xtrabackup-${version}" "${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/bin/pxc_extra/pxb-${version}"
   done
 
-  tar -xf socat-*.tar.gz
+  tar -xf socat-*.tar.bz2
   cd socat-*/
   ./configure "--prefix=${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}"
   make -j "$(nproc)" install
diff --git a/packages/percona-xtradb-cluster-8.0/spec b/packages/percona-xtradb-cluster-8.0/spec
index 8ce986eb4..d533eafcd 100644
--- a/packages/percona-xtradb-cluster-8.0/spec
+++ b/packages/percona-xtradb-cluster-8.0/spec
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ files:
 - check_*.tar.gz
 - libaio_*.orig.tar.xz
 - pkg-config_*.tar.gz
-- socat-*.tar.gz
+- socat-*.tar.bz2
diff --git a/packages/percona-xtradb-cluster-8.4/packaging b/packages/percona-xtradb-cluster-8.4/packaging
index 18f90c28e..13871d460 100644
--- a/packages/percona-xtradb-cluster-8.4/packaging
+++ b/packages/percona-xtradb-cluster-8.4/packaging
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ install_runtime_dependencies() {
     ln -sf "/var/vcap/packages/percona-xtrabackup-${version}" "${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/bin/pxc_extra/pxb-${version}"
   done
 
-  tar -xf socat-*.tar.gz
+  tar -xf socat-*.tar.bz2
   cd socat-*/
   ./configure "--prefix=${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}"
   make -j "$(nproc)" install
diff --git a/packages/percona-xtradb-cluster-8.4/spec b/packages/percona-xtradb-cluster-8.4/spec
index 089aa133e..547c1513b 100644
--- a/packages/percona-xtradb-cluster-8.4/spec
+++ b/packages/percona-xtradb-cluster-8.4/spec
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ files:
 - check_*.tar.gz
 - libaio_*.orig.tar.xz
 - pkg-config_*.tar.gz
-- socat-*.tar.gz
+- socat-*.tar.bz2