diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-amqp.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-amqp.yml
index 6c73bf20..0dc9e45f 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-amqp.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-amqp.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-amqp:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: amqp
+      type: pie
+      repo: php-amqp/php-amqp
+      extract: php-src/ext/amqp
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-apcu.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-apcu.yml
index 331b04f7..810a7423 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-apcu.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-apcu.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-apcu:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: APCu
+      type: pie
+      repo: apcu/apcu
+      extract: php-src/ext/apcu
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-ast.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-ast.yml
index 776b82df..607da915 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-ast.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-ast.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-ast:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: ast
+      type: pie
+      repo: nikic/php-ast
+      extract: php-src/ext/ast
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: BSD-3-Clause
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-dio.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-dio.yml
index b445940c..0ffeaa08 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-dio.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-dio.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-dio:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: dio
+      type: pie
+      repo: pecl/dio
+      extract: php-src/ext/dio
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-ev.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-ev.yml
index 174e5f84..4d77ff22 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-ev.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-ev.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-ev:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: ev
+      type: pie
+      repo: osmanov/pecl-ev
+      extract: php-src/ext/ev
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-excimer.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-excimer.yml
index a896fe0b..81219610 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-excimer.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-excimer.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-excimer:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: excimer
+      type: ghtagtar
+      repo: wikimedia/mediawiki-php-excimer
+      extract: php-src/ext/excimer
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-gearman.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-gearman.yml
index 7699a344..3a21204f 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-gearman.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-gearman.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-gearman:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: gearman
+      type: ghtar
+      repo: php/pecl-networking-gearman
+      extract: php-src/ext/gearman
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-grpc.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-grpc.yml
index ae63cad2..5d0030a8 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-grpc.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-grpc.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-grpc:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: grpc
+      type: pie
+      repo: grpc/grpc-php-ext
+      extract: php-src/ext/grpc
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-igbinary.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-igbinary.yml
index 1a80831b..c71a1f36 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-igbinary.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-igbinary.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ ext-igbinary:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: igbinary
+      type: ghtagtar
+      repo: igbinary/igbinary
+      match: tags/\d+(\.\d+)+$
+      extract: php-src/ext/igbinary
     metadata:
       license-files: [COPYING]
       license: BSD-3-Clause
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-imagick.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-imagick.yml
index 2a1c221c..16a56cf3 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-imagick.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-imagick.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-imagick:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: imagick
+      type: pie
+      repo: imagick/imagick
+      extract: php-src/ext/imagick
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-imap.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-imap.yml
index 3abcebb8..52188ca7 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-imap.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-imap.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-imap:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: imap
+      type: ghtagtar
+      repo: php/pecl-mail-imap
+      extract: php-src/ext/imap
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-inotify.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-inotify.yml
index d69847ee..ae684998 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-inotify.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-inotify.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-inotify:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: inotify
+      type: pie
+      repo: arnaud-lb/inotify
+      extract: php-src/ext/inotify
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-memcache.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-memcache.yml
index 6e1f4385..11929968 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-memcache.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-memcache.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-memcache:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: memcache
+      type: ghtar
+      repo: websupport-sk/pecl-memcache
+      extract: php-src/ext/memcache
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.0
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-memcached.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-memcached.yml
index b320c669..49d6c93d 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-memcached.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-memcached.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-memcached:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: memcached
+      type: pie
+      repo: php-memcached/php-memcached
+      extract: php-src/ext/memcached
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-msgpack.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-msgpack.yml
index 8b230c31..e0ec6165 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-msgpack.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-msgpack.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-msgpack:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: msgpack
+      type: pie
+      repo: msgpack/msgpack-php
+      extract: php-src/ext/msgpack
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: BSD-3-Clause
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-opentelemetry.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-opentelemetry.yml
index 5caebef2..022dc011 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-opentelemetry.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-opentelemetry.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-opentelemetry:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: opentelemetry
+      type: pie
+      repo: open-telemetry/ext-opentelemetry
+      extract: php-src/ext/opentelemetry
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-parallel.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-parallel.yml
index 94103f57..821d6038 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-parallel.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-parallel.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-parallel:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: parallel
+      type: pie
+      repo: pecl/parallel
+      extract: php-src/ext/parallel
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-pcov.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-pcov.yml
index 3fac61d0..e4d7ff07 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-pcov.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-pcov.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-pcov:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: pcov
+      type: pie
+      repo: pecl/pcov
+      extract: php-src/ext/pcov
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-redis.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-redis.yml
index c05b4ee2..42705c67 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-redis.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-redis.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-redis:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: redis
+      type: pie
+      repo: phpredis/phpredis
+      extract: php-src/ext/redis
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-ssh2.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-ssh2.yml
index 14c9bf32..53b065be 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-ssh2.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-ssh2.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-ssh2:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: ssh2
+      type: ghtar
+      repo: php/pecl-networking-ssh2
+      extract: php-src/ext/ssh2
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-trader.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-trader.yml
index 03dcadc6..4ef8369f 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-trader.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-trader.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-trader:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: trader
+      type: ghtagtar
+      repo: php/pecl-math-trader
+      extract: php-src/ext/trader
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: BSD-2-Clause
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-uuid.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-uuid.yml
index 3d71aa8b..2c956504 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-uuid.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-uuid.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-uuid:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: uuid
+      type: pie
+      repo: pecl/uuid
+      extract: php-src/ext/uuid
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: LGPL-2.1-only
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-uv.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-uv.yml
index 59d4a8c9..a974ed05 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-uv.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-uv.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ ext-uv:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: uv
-      prefer-stable: false
+      type: ghtagtar
+      repo: amphp/ext-uv
+      extract: php-src/ext/uv
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-xhprof.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-xhprof.yml
index a554d837..f88baec8 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-xhprof.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-xhprof.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ ext-xhprof:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: xhprof
+      type: ghtar
+      repo: longxinH/xhprof
       extract: php-src/ext/xhprof-src
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-xlswriter.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-xlswriter.yml
index 01b99ed9..8e92489c 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-xlswriter.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-xlswriter.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-xlswriter:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: xlswriter
+      type: pie
+      repo: viest/xlswriter
+      extract: php-src/ext/xlswriter
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: BSD-2-Clause
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-yac.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-yac.yml
index e10bea06..9608cad6 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-yac.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-yac.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-yac:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: yac
+      type: ghtagtar
+      repo: laruence/yac
+      extract: php-src/ext/yac
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-zip.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-zip.yml
index 9a4b0282..f4995300 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-zip.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-zip.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ ext-zip:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: zip
-      extract: ext-zip
+      type: pie
+      repo: pecl/zip
+      extract: php-src/ext/zip
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/src/StaticPHP/Artifact/Downloader/Type/PIE.php b/src/StaticPHP/Artifact/Downloader/Type/PIE.php
index 14996c5a..b2fba91a 100644
--- a/src/StaticPHP/Artifact/Downloader/Type/PIE.php
+++ b/src/StaticPHP/Artifact/Downloader/Type/PIE.php
@@ -56,7 +56,23 @@ class PIE implements DownloadTypeInterface, CheckUpdateInterface
         if (!isset($data['packages'][$config['repo']]) || !is_array($data['packages'][$config['repo']])) {
             throw new DownloaderException("failed to find {$name} repo info from packagist");
         }
-        $first = $data['packages'][$config['repo']][0] ?? [];
+        // p2 metadata is minified: each entry only carries fields changed vs the previous one, '__unset' removes a field
+        $releases = [];
+        $current = [];
+        foreach ($data['packages'][$config['repo']] as $release) {
+            $current = array_merge($current, $release);
+            $current = array_filter($current, static fn ($v) => $v !== '__unset');
+            $releases[] = $current;
+        }
+        // packagist lists newest first including RC/beta/alpha — pick the newest stable release
+        $first = null;
+        foreach ($releases as $release) {
+            if (!preg_match('/[._-]?(?:alpha|a|beta|b|rc)[._-]?\d*$/i', $release['version'] ?? '')) {
+                $first = $release;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        $first ??= $releases[0] ?? [];
         if (!isset($first['php-ext'])) {
             throw new DownloaderException("failed to find {$name} php-ext info from packagist, maybe not a php extension package");
         }