diff --git a/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv_3.2.0-alpha4.bb b/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv_3.2.0-alpha4.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d4b9ba..0000000
--- a/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv_3.2.0-alpha4.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-
-require freeciv-qt6.inc
-
-DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-2"
-
-DEPENDS += "tolua-native lua"
-
-SRC_URI += "\
-git://github.com/freeciv/freeciv.git;protocol=https;branch=S3_2 \
-file://allow-root-S3_2.patch \
-"
-
-SRCREV="cf06c4b0eea932e6ee9919f13b84b6bea8713aa7"
-PN = "freeciv"
-PV = "3.2.0-alpha4"
-S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv_3.2.0-beta1.bb b/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv_3.2.0-beta1.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0687a90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-games/freeciv/freeciv_3.2.0-beta1.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+require freeciv-qt6.inc
+
+DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"
+
+DEPENDS += "lua"
+
+SRC_URI += "\
+${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/freeciv/freeciv-${PV}.tar.xz \
+file://allow-root-S3_2.patch \
+"
+
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "2800c27096e69c3cbcd30ecda5a1c826cfd85db6db759e7f3bf327d2c9812eb8"