diff --git a/package/wget/wget.hash b/package/wget/wget.hash
index 75c3a913dc..a0561d8d0a 100644
--- a/package/wget/wget.hash
+++ b/package/wget/wget.hash
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# From https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2023-05/msg00004.html
-sha1  42384273c1937458c9db3766a5509afa636a2f00  wget-1.21.4.tar.lz
+# From https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2024-03/msg00008.html
+sha1  01659f427c2e90c7c943805db69ea00f5da79b07  wget-1.24.5.tar.lz
 # Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
-# https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.21.4.tar.lz.sig
+# https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.24.5.tar.lz.sig
 # with key 6B98F637D879C5236E277C5C64FF90AAE8C70AF9
-sha256  3683619a5f50edcbccb1720a79006fa37bf9b9a255a8c5b48048bc3c7a874bd9  wget-1.21.4.tar.lz
+sha256  57a107151e4ef94fdf94affecfac598963f372f13293ed9c74032105390b36ee  wget-1.24.5.tar.lz
 # Locally calculated
 sha256  f7dc7522e7e1be9227f3dc8de8b39a4d1d2471968c893af15f00c1a2076a0eec  COPYING
diff --git a/package/wget/wget.mk b/package/wget/wget.mk
index d2d3087961..d2a3a38e50 100644
--- a/package/wget/wget.mk
+++ b/package/wget/wget.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-WGET_VERSION = 1.21.4
+WGET_VERSION = 1.24.5
 WGET_SOURCE = wget-$(WGET_VERSION).tar.lz
 WGET_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/wget
 WGET_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf