diff --git a/net/wget/Makefile b/net/wget/Makefile
index 5a82e63765..0206a6135a 100644
--- a/net/wget/Makefile
+++ b/net/wget/Makefile
@@ -8,18 +8,21 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=wget
-PKG_VERSION:=1.20.3
-PKG_RELEASE:=6
+PKG_VERSION:=1.21.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/$(PKG_NAME)
-PKG_HASH:=31cccfc6630528db1c8e3a06f6decf2a370060b982841cfab2b8677400a5092e
+PKG_HASH:=59ba0bdade9ad135eda581ae4e59a7a9f25e3a4bde6a5419632b31906120e26e
+
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Peter Wagner <tripolar@gmx.at>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0-or-later
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
-
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:gnu:wget
 
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
 define Package/wget/Default
@@ -94,12 +97,12 @@ endif
 
 define Package/wget-ssl/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/libexec
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/src/wget $(1)/usr/libexec/wget-ssl
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/wget $(1)/usr/libexec/wget-ssl
 endef
 
 define Package/wget-nossl/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/libexec
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/src/wget $(1)/usr/libexec/wget-nossl
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/wget $(1)/usr/libexec/wget-nossl
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,wget-ssl))