diff --git a/package/uhttpd/uhttpd.hash b/package/uhttpd/uhttpd.hash
index e84d2dc3ed..015a04af5a 100644
--- a/package/uhttpd/uhttpd.hash
+++ b/package/uhttpd/uhttpd.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  397aa4bccc4acb06031270d4a549fb266fec3950a88fe3523f0d7de74caff010  uhttpd-15346de8d3ba422002496526ee24c62a3601ab8c-git4.tar.gz
-sha256  ce1803f83f776cc88661e303fede0e5ff52faf1d9f74508fadbecf7705b4c84d  uhttpd.h
+sha256  5835ced5fd67358b95c07d41a3e2a5991719048f99b5d43bf191287524d8fabe  uhttpd-506e24987b97fbc866005bfb71316bd63601a1ef-git4.tar.gz
+sha256  b98de120bce554de7d205fbc5734c2b72973e55ce36ef6403510c4583cbe2e14  uhttpd.h
diff --git a/package/uhttpd/uhttpd.mk b/package/uhttpd/uhttpd.mk
index f4fcccfa67..2adf409487 100644
--- a/package/uhttpd/uhttpd.mk
+++ b/package/uhttpd/uhttpd.mk
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-UHTTPD_VERSION = 15346de8d3ba422002496526ee24c62a3601ab8c
+UHTTPD_VERSION = 506e24987b97fbc866005bfb71316bd63601a1ef
 UHTTPD_SITE = https://git.openwrt.org/project/uhttpd.git
 UHTTPD_SITE_METHOD = git
 UHTTPD_LICENSE = ISC
 UHTTPD_LICENSE_FILES = uhttpd.h
 UHTTPD_DEPENDENCIES = libubox json-c
+UHTTPD_CONF_OPTS += -DUCODE_SUPPORT=OFF
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),y)
 UHTTPD_DEPENDENCIES += libxcrypt