diff --git a/gnu/packages/wget.scm b/gnu/packages/wget.scm
index 1092237a03..b546e1d5f8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/wget.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/wget.scm
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages wget)
 (define-public wget
   (package
     (name "wget")
-    (version "1.20.3")
+    (version "1.21.1")
     (source
      (origin
       (method url-fetch)
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ (define-public wget
                           version ".tar.lz"))
       (sha256
        (base32
-        "1frajd86ds8vz2hprq30wq8ya89z9dcxnwm8nwk12bbc47l7qq39"))))
+        "1bchzkacjsc5c0x01ngaana9fs5j12wfw1c8qxps1yp68x9vx6yv"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs
      `(("gnutls" ,gnutls)