diff --git a/bin/xbps-remove/clean-cache.c b/bin/xbps-remove/clean-cache.c
index dbdc983f..ea9caccb 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-remove/clean-cache.c
+++ b/bin/xbps-remove/clean-cache.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ cleaner_cb(struct xbps_handle *xhp, xbps_object_t obj,
 		bool *done UNUSED)
 {
 	char buf[PATH_MAX];
+	char buf2[PATH_MAX];
 	xbps_dictionary_t pkgd;
 	const char *binpkg, *rsha256;
 	const char *binpkgver, *binpkgarch;
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ cleaner_cb(struct xbps_handle *xhp, xbps_object_t obj,
 		}
 	}
 	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s.sig", binpkg);
+	snprintf(buf2, sizeof(buf2), "%s.sig2", binpkg);
 	if (!data->dry && unlink(binpkg) == -1) {
 		xbps_error_printf("Failed to remove `%s': %s\n",
 		    binpkg, strerror(errno));
@@ -126,6 +128,10 @@ cleaner_cb(struct xbps_handle *xhp, xbps_object_t obj,
 		xbps_error_printf("Failed to remove `%s': %s\n",
 		    buf, strerror(errno));
 	}
+	if (!data->dry && unlink(buf2) == -1 && errno != ENOENT) {
+		xbps_error_printf("Failed to remove `%s': %s\n",
+		    buf2, strerror(errno));
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/bin/xbps-rindex/remove-obsoletes.c b/bin/xbps-rindex/remove-obsoletes.c
index a5b69c9c..612f486d 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-rindex/remove-obsoletes.c
+++ b/bin/xbps-rindex/remove-obsoletes.c
@@ -39,11 +39,12 @@
 static int
 remove_pkg(const char *repodir, const char *file)
 {
-	char *filepath, *sigpath;
+	char *filepath, *sigpath, *sig2path;
 	int rv = 0;
 
 	filepath = xbps_xasprintf("%s/%s", repodir, file);
 	sigpath = xbps_xasprintf("%s.sig", filepath);
+	sig2path = xbps_xasprintf("%s.sig2", filepath);
 	if (remove(filepath) == -1) {
 		if (errno != ENOENT) {
 			rv = errno;
@@ -55,10 +56,18 @@ remove_pkg(const char *repodir, const char *file)
 		if (errno != ENOENT) {
 			rv = errno;
 			xbps_error_printf("xbps-rindex: failed to remove "
-			    "package signature `%s': %s\n", sigpath, strerror(rv));
+			    "old package signature `%s': %s\n", sigpath, strerror(rv));
+		}
+	}
+	if (remove(sig2path) == -1) {
+		if (errno != ENOENT) {
+			rv = errno;
+			xbps_error_printf("xbps-rindex: failed to remove "
+			    "package signature `%s': %s\n", sig2path, strerror(rv));
 		}
 	}
 	free(sigpath);
+	free(sig2path);
 	free(filepath);
 
 	return rv;
diff --git a/bin/xbps-rindex/sign.c b/bin/xbps-rindex/sign.c
index 86cca769..7e6cd2ce 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-rindex/sign.c
+++ b/bin/xbps-rindex/sign.c
@@ -101,12 +101,7 @@ rsa_sign_file(RSA *rsa, const char *file,
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * XXX: NID_sha1 is wrong, doesn't make it any weaker
-	 * but the ASN1 is wrong, OpenSSL/LibreSSL doesn't care.
-	 * Other implementations like golang fail because of this.
-	 */
-	if (!RSA_sign(NID_sha1, digest, XBPS_SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE,
+	if (!RSA_sign(NID_sha256, digest, XBPS_SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE,
 				*sigret, siglen, rsa)) {
 		free(*sigret);
 		return false;
@@ -257,7 +252,7 @@ sign_pkg(struct xbps_handle *xhp, const char *binpkg, const char *privkey, bool
 	char *sigfile = NULL;
 	int rv = 0, sigfile_fd = -1;
 
-	sigfile = xbps_xasprintf("%s.sig", binpkg);
+	sigfile = xbps_xasprintf("%s.sig2", binpkg);
 	/*
 	 * Skip pkg if file signature exists
 	 */
diff --git a/include/xbps.h.in b/include/xbps.h.in
index 45025d03..780673b9 100644
--- a/include/xbps.h.in
+++ b/include/xbps.h.in
@@ -1975,8 +1975,8 @@ bool xbps_verify_signature(struct xbps_repo *repo, const char *sigfile,
  * in \a repo.
  *
  * @param[in] repo Repository to use with the RSA public key associated.
- * @param[in] fname The filename to verify, the signature file must have a .sig
- * extension, i.e `<fname>.sig`.
+ * @param[in] fname The filename to verify, the signature file must have a .sig2
+ * extension, i.e `<fname>.sig2`.
  *
  * @return True if the signature is valid, false otherwise.
  */
diff --git a/lib/transaction_fetch.c b/lib/transaction_fetch.c
index 74c0c1a8..4af461db 100644
--- a/lib/transaction_fetch.c
+++ b/lib/transaction_fetch.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ verify_binpkg(struct xbps_handle *xhp, xbps_dictionary_t pkgd)
 			xbps_set_cb_state(xhp, XBPS_STATE_VERIFY_FAIL, rv, pkgver,
 				"%s: removed pkg archive and its signature.", pkgver);
 			(void)remove(binfile);
-			sigfile = xbps_xasprintf("%s.sig", binfile);
+			sigfile = xbps_xasprintf("%s.sig2", binfile);
 			(void)remove(sigfile);
 			free(sigfile);
 			goto out;
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ download_binpkg(struct xbps_handle *xhp, xbps_dictionary_t repo_pkgd)
 	xbps_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(repo_pkgd, "pkgver", &pkgver);
 	xbps_dictionary_get_cstring_nocopy(repo_pkgd, "architecture", &arch);
 
-	snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "%s/%s.%s.xbps.sig", repoloc, pkgver, arch);
-	sigsuffix = buf+(strlen(buf)-sizeof (".sig")+1);
+	snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "%s/%s.%s.xbps.sig2", repoloc, pkgver, arch);
+	sigsuffix = buf+(strlen(buf)-sizeof (".sig2")+1);
 
 	xbps_set_cb_state(xhp, XBPS_STATE_DOWNLOAD, 0, pkgver,
 		"Downloading `%s' signature (from `%s')...", pkgver, repoloc);
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ download_binpkg(struct xbps_handle *xhp, xbps_dictionary_t repo_pkgd)
 	xbps_set_cb_state(xhp, XBPS_STATE_VERIFY, 0, pkgver,
 		"%s: verifying RSA signature...", pkgver);
 
-	snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "%s/%s.%s.xbps.sig", xhp->cachedir, pkgver, arch);
-	sigsuffix = buf+(strlen(buf)-sizeof (".sig")+1);
+	snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "%s/%s.%s.xbps.sig2", xhp->cachedir, pkgver, arch);
+	sigsuffix = buf+(strlen(buf)-sizeof (".sig2")+1);
 
 	if ((repo = xbps_rpool_get_repo(repoloc)) == NULL) {
 		rv = errno;
diff --git a/lib/util.c b/lib/util.c
index c2209cbc..54847dba 100644
--- a/lib/util.c
+++ b/lib/util.c
@@ -405,15 +405,15 @@ xbps_remote_binpkg_exists(struct xbps_handle *xhp, xbps_dictionary_t pkgd)
 	    "architecture", &arch))
 		return NULL;
 
-	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s.%s.xbps.sig", xhp->cachedir,
+	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s.%s.xbps.sig2", xhp->cachedir,
 	    pkgver, arch);
 
 	/* check if the signature file exists */
 	if (access(path, R_OK) != 0)
 		return false;
 
-	/* strip the .sig suffix and check if binpkg file exists */
-	path[strlen(path)-sizeof (".sig")+1] = '\0';
+	/* strip the .sig2 suffix and check if binpkg file exists */
+	path[strlen(path)-sizeof (".sig2")+1] = '\0';
 
 	return access(path, R_OK) == 0;
 }
diff --git a/lib/verifysig.c b/lib/verifysig.c
index b32284a5..b8b8f4c2 100644
--- a/lib/verifysig.c
+++ b/lib/verifysig.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ rsa_verify_hash(struct xbps_repo *repo, xbps_data_t pubkey,
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	rv = RSA_verify(NID_sha1, sha256, SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH, sig, siglen, rsa);
+	rv = RSA_verify(NID_sha256, sha256, SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH, sig, siglen, rsa);
 	RSA_free(rsa);
 	BIO_free(bio);
 	ERR_free_strings();
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ xbps_verify_file_signature(struct xbps_repo *repo, const char *fname)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	snprintf(sig, sizeof sig, "%s.sig", fname);
+	snprintf(sig, sizeof sig, "%s.sig2", fname);
 	val = xbps_verify_signature(repo, sig, digest);
 
 	return val;