diff --git a/dev-libs/xerces-c/xerces-c-3.2.5.ebuild b/dev-libs/xerces-c/xerces-c-3.2.5.ebuild
index 4109425814e2d..2deed2ea7d2b8 100644
--- a/dev-libs/xerces-c/xerces-c-3.2.5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/xerces-c/xerces-c-3.2.5.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]] ; then
 	ESVN_REPO_URI="https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xerces/c/trunk"
 	inherit subversion
 else
-	SRC_URI="mirror://apache/xerces/c/3/sources/${P}.tar.xz"
+	SRC_URI="
+		mirror://apache/xerces/c/3/sources/${P}.tar.xz
+		https://archive.apache.org/dist/xerces/c/3/sources/${P}.tar.xz
+	"
 	KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~x64-macos"
 fi
 
diff --git a/dev-libs/xerces-c/xerces-c-9999.ebuild b/dev-libs/xerces-c/xerces-c-9999.ebuild
index 3e727e79df6b5..2d2eb3cb1e99f 100644
--- a/dev-libs/xerces-c/xerces-c-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/xerces-c/xerces-c-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]] ; then
 	ESVN_REPO_URI="https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xerces/c/trunk"
 	inherit subversion
 else
-	SRC_URI="mirror://apache/xerces/c/3/sources/${P}.tar.xz"
+	SRC_URI="
+		mirror://apache/xerces/c/3/sources/${P}.tar.xz
+		https://archive.apache.org/dist/xerces/c/3/sources/${P}.tar.xz
+	"
 	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~x64-macos"
 fi