diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/hyphenation/dictionaries.py b/src/calibre/utils/hyphenation/dictionaries.py
index 000f0b7825..92f011ec57 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/hyphenation/dictionaries.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/hyphenation/dictionaries.py
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ def extract_dicts(cache_path):
             buf.seek(0)
             tf = tarfile.TarFile(fileobj=buf)
         with tf:
-            tf.extractall(tdir)
+            try:
+                tf.extractall(tdir, filter='data')
+            except TypeError:
+                tf.extractall(tdir)
         with open(os.path.join(tdir, 'sha1sum'), 'wb') as f:
             f.write(expected_hash())
         dest = os.path.join(cache_path, 'f')