diff --git a/net/curl/Config.in b/net/curl/Config.in
index 94f204440a..fc03b3f433 100644
--- a/net/curl/Config.in
+++ b/net/curl/Config.in
@@ -172,5 +172,5 @@ config LIBCURL_NTLM
 
 config LIBCURL_HTTP_AUTH
 	bool "Enable HTTP authentication support"
-	default n
+	default y
 endif
diff --git a/net/curl/Makefile b/net/curl/Makefile
index 152c01b264..c1ffb670f5 100644
--- a/net/curl/Makefile
+++ b/net/curl/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/nls.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=curl
 PKG_VERSION:=8.15.0
-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))/ \