diff --git a/package/zlib-ng/0001-arch-riscv-riscv-features-c-fix-uclibc-build.patch b/package/zlib-ng/0001-arch-riscv-riscv-features-c-fix-uclibc-build.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 39cc93f929..0000000000
--- a/package/zlib-ng/0001-arch-riscv-riscv-features-c-fix-uclibc-build.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-From 3f35bfccff2d1dacdfe9844712be1e042d028700 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
-Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 21:56:53 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] arch/riscv/riscv_features.c: fix uclibc build
-
-Fix the following uclibc build failure raised since version 2.1.4 and
-https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng/commit/6ff8b52cefe56a824fae1d53fdd687bcde2e53c9:
-
-/home/autobuild/autobuild/instance-2/output-1/build/zlib-ng-2.1.6/arch/riscv/riscv_features.c:4:10: fatal error: sys/auxv.h: No such file or directory
-    4 | #include <sys/auxv.h>
-      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Fixes:
- - http://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/06a7d8e59ec4de7c711d3f4a4624f67b97d78afe
-
-Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
-Upstream: https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng/commit/3f35bfccff2d1dacdfe9844712be1e042d028700
----
- arch/riscv/riscv_features.c | 9 ++++++++-
- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/arch/riscv/riscv_features.c b/arch/riscv/riscv_features.c
-index 506b480c11..1e3f45e0a7 100644
---- a/arch/riscv/riscv_features.c
-+++ b/arch/riscv/riscv_features.c
-@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
- #include <stdio.h>
- #include <stdlib.h>
- #include <string.h>
--#include <sys/auxv.h>
- #include <sys/utsname.h>
- 
-+#if defined(__linux__) && defined(HAVE_SYS_AUXV_H)
-+#  include <sys/auxv.h>
-+#endif
-+
- #include "../../zbuild.h"
- #include "riscv_features.h"
- 
-@@ -33,7 +36,11 @@ void Z_INTERNAL riscv_check_features_compile_time(struct riscv_cpu_features *fea
- }
- 
- void Z_INTERNAL riscv_check_features_runtime(struct riscv_cpu_features *features) {
-+#if defined(__linux__) && defined(HAVE_SYS_AUXV_H)
-     unsigned long hw_cap = getauxval(AT_HWCAP);
-+#else
-+    unsigned long hw_cap = 0;
-+#endif
-     features->has_rvv = hw_cap & ISA_V_HWCAP;
- }
- 
diff --git a/package/zlib-ng/zlib-ng.hash b/package/zlib-ng/zlib-ng.hash
index 908164aa60..d128565469 100644
--- a/package/zlib-ng/zlib-ng.hash
+++ b/package/zlib-ng/zlib-ng.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  a5d504c0d52e2e2721e7e7d86988dec2e290d723ced2307145dedd06aeb6fef2  zlib-ng-2.1.6.tar.gz
-sha256  d3c80be055d94d798eaa786116e84fa0b010bc11420b5d2060d978ea77845436  LICENSE.md
+sha256  a73343c3093e5cdc50d9377997c3815b878fd110bf6511c2c7759f2afb90f5a3  zlib-ng-2.2.4.tar.gz
+sha256  6c9f0d975b41afaa34d22f55bb8986ce69e5cb7ad327cb2b28820cd425edf5ee  LICENSE.md
diff --git a/package/zlib-ng/zlib-ng.mk b/package/zlib-ng/zlib-ng.mk
index c9d022da3e..68a3b2d6f3 100644
--- a/package/zlib-ng/zlib-ng.mk
+++ b/package/zlib-ng/zlib-ng.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-ZLIB_NG_VERSION = 2.1.6
+ZLIB_NG_VERSION = 2.2.4
 ZLIB_NG_SITE = $(call github,zlib-ng,zlib-ng,$(ZLIB_NG_VERSION))
 ZLIB_NG_LICENSE = Zlib
 ZLIB_NG_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.md