diff --git a/net/curl/Config.in b/net/curl/Config.in
index fc03b3f433..d4a528f2ca 100644
--- a/net/curl/Config.in
+++ b/net/curl/Config.in
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ config LIBCURL_THREADED_RESOLVER
 
 config LIBCURL_ZLIB
 	bool "Enable zlib support"
-	default n
+	default y
 
 config LIBCURL_ZSTD
 	bool "Enable zstd support"
diff --git a/net/curl/Makefile b/net/curl/Makefile
index 7148903cd7..36029f1ae5 100644
--- a/net/curl/Makefile
+++ b/net/curl/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/nls.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=curl
 PKG_VERSION:=8.19.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/curl/curl/releases/download/curl-$(subst .,_,$(PKG_VERSION))/ \