diff --git a/helpers/make-tor b/helpers/make-tor
index 65f8f0f3001d2f5adae4950c1a52f5135056500b..c20766bbd5e1b5fefa985c88cf80fd206cd49257 100644
--- a/helpers/make-tor
+++ b/helpers/make-tor
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #
 
 VERSION=1
-EXTERNAL='deb-src http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org trusty main'
+EXTERNAL='deb-src http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org xenial main'
 REPOKEY="74A941BA219EC810"
 
 . ./config