diff --git a/gnu/packages/wget.scm b/gnu/packages/wget.scm
index 17459344c0..60f93df24c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/wget.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/wget.scm
@@ -135,13 +135,13 @@ (define-public wgetpaste
 (define-public wget2
   (package
     (name "wget2")
-    (version "2.0.1")
+    (version "2.1.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/wget/wget2-" version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1caxhkwk08z3npzw8x2qhkmjc224cfw1aphvbv8bidbvd41zmdqb"))))
+                "1rz294dld9zmd5fmsrjgfyj7nlpmg1x7gckdzl9r7bbb3hcwapd0"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases