diff --git a/package/wireshark/Config.in b/package/wireshark/Config.in
index cd92beb1d1..8b05599ecb 100644
--- a/package/wireshark/Config.in
+++ b/package/wireshark/Config.in
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WIRESHARK
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPCAP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SPEEXDSP
 	help
 	  Network traffic sniffer and protocol decoder.
diff --git a/package/wireshark/wireshark.hash b/package/wireshark/wireshark.hash
index 56363e717f..ae06ab09b7 100644
--- a/package/wireshark/wireshark.hash
+++ b/package/wireshark/wireshark.hash
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# From https://www.wireshark.org/download/src/all-versions/SIGNATURES-3.4.16.txt
-sha1  b0e64d5fdd6701106d94bdc8f59dd40a34c7c807  wireshark-3.4.16.tar.xz
-sha256  6acb3155b89b65bcdbcdac7a9e6a59013a6e21d8ae6a8249a9af4fe9ce3d91ba  wireshark-3.4.16.tar.xz
+# From https://www.wireshark.org/download/src/all-versions/SIGNATURES-4.0.2.txt
+sha1  0127180ff18515b086fe5603f767f53ddaa64c1a  wireshark-4.0.2.tar.xz
+sha256  f35915699f2f9b28ddb211202d40ec8984e5834d3c911483144a4984ba44411d  wireshark-4.0.2.tar.xz
 
 # Locally calculated
 sha256  7cdbed2b697efaa45576a033f1ac0e73cd045644a91c79bbf41d4a7d81dac7bf  COPYING
diff --git a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
index d9314fb211..ee3d6b1905 100644
--- a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
+++ b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-WIRESHARK_VERSION = 3.4.16
+WIRESHARK_VERSION = 4.0.2
 WIRESHARK_SOURCE = wireshark-$(WIRESHARK_VERSION).tar.xz
 WIRESHARK_SITE = https://www.wireshark.org/download/src/all-versions
 WIRESHARK_LICENSE = wireshark license
@@ -18,13 +18,15 @@ WIRESHARK_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	libgcrypt \
 	libglib2 \
 	libpcap \
+	pcre2 \
 	speexdsp
 
 WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS = \
-	-DDISABLE_WERROR=ON \
 	-DENABLE_ILBC=OFF \
 	-DENABLE_PCAP=ON \
 	-DENABLE_SMI=OFF \
+	-DENABLE_WERROR=OFF \
+	-DHAVE_C99_VSNPRINTF=ON \
 	-DLEMON_C_COMPILER=$(HOSTCC_NOCCACHE)
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)