diff --git a/package/zlib-ng/zlib-ng.hash b/package/zlib-ng/zlib-ng.hash
index 3e1dba35ba..a799cfe253 100644
--- a/package/zlib-ng/zlib-ng.hash
+++ b/package/zlib-ng/zlib-ng.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  379723c0c954679a50d1d7df43084e2194dc51ecbc9987c889cb129d1f6734bc  zlib-ng-1.9.9-b1.tar.gz
+sha256  8258b75a72303b661a238047cb348203d88d9dddf85d480ed885f375916fcab6  zlib-ng-2.0.6.tar.gz
 sha256  d3c80be055d94d798eaa786116e84fa0b010bc11420b5d2060d978ea77845436  LICENSE.md
diff --git a/package/zlib-ng/zlib-ng.mk b/package/zlib-ng/zlib-ng.mk
index c56fa72d6f..fb497b8c11 100644
--- a/package/zlib-ng/zlib-ng.mk
+++ b/package/zlib-ng/zlib-ng.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-ZLIB_NG_VERSION = 1.9.9-b1
+ZLIB_NG_VERSION = 2.0.6
 ZLIB_NG_SITE = $(call github,zlib-ng,zlib-ng,$(ZLIB_NG_VERSION))
 ZLIB_NG_LICENSE = Zlib
 ZLIB_NG_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.md
diff --git a/package/zlib/Config.in b/package/zlib/Config.in
index 550c2efa93..d6d94889a7 100644
--- a/package/zlib/Config.in
+++ b/package/zlib/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB_NG_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	default y if BR2_aarch64
 	default y if BR2_i386
 	default y if BR2_powerpc || BR2_powerpc64 || BR2_powerpc64le
+	default y if BR2_riscv
 	default y if BR2_s390x
 	default y if BR2_x86_64