diff --git a/net/curl/Makefile b/net/curl/Makefile
index 5ad13c4c5c..16a1c7f48b 100644
--- a/net/curl/Makefile
+++ b/net/curl/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/nls.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=curl
 PKG_VERSION:=8.7.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=r1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/curl/curl/releases/download/curl-$(subst .,_,$(PKG_VERSION))/ \