diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/wget/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/wget/default.nix
index 3ac71ca37e5b..3427cd186c30 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/wget/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/wget/default.nix
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "wget";
-  version = "1.20.3";
+  version = "1.21.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/wget/${pname}-${version}.tar.lz";
-    sha256 = "1frajd86ds8vz2hprq30wq8ya89z9dcxnwm8nwk12bbc47l7qq39";
+    sha256 = "sha256-25u+U0fm+qBvx4gF7rgIsmiXlFXq2QA6YIVpydT8kK0=";
   };
 
   patches = [