diff --git a/src/Niv/GitHub.hs b/src/Niv/GitHub.hs
index fdb2918..aa37ab6 100644
--- a/src/Niv/GitHub.hs
+++ b/src/Niv/GitHub.hs
@@ -32,8 +32,15 @@ githubUpdate prefetch latestRev ghRepo = proc () -> do
       -<
         ()
   url <- update "url" -< urlTemplate
-  let isTarGuess = (\u -> "tar.gz" `T.isSuffixOf` u || ".tgz" `T.isSuffixOf` u) <$> url
-  type' <- useOrSet "type" -< bool "file" "tarball" <$> isTarGuess :: Box T.Text
+  let isTarGuess u = any (`T.isSuffixOf` u)
+        [ ".tar"
+        , ".tar.gz"
+        , ".tgz"
+        , ".tar.bz2"
+        , ".tar.xz"
+        , ".tar.zst"
+        ]
+  type' <- useOrSet "type" -< bool "file" "tarball" . isTarGuess <$> url :: Box T.Text
   let doUnpack = (== "tarball") <$> type'
   _sha256 <- update "sha256" <<< run (\(up, u) -> prefetch up u) -< (,) <$> doUnpack <*> url
   returnA -< ()