diff --git a/parts.rst b/parts.rst
index abd0f79..68c3e62 100644
--- a/parts.rst
+++ b/parts.rst
@@ -785,8 +785,8 @@ musl 1.2.4
 At this point, it is guaranteed that we are running on Linux with thread support,
 so we rebuild musl with thread support.
 
-curl 7.88.1
-===========
+curl 8.5.0
+==========
 
 ``curl`` is used to download files using various protocols including HTTP and HTTPS.
 However, this first build does not support encrypted HTTPS yet. ``curl`` requires
@@ -927,8 +927,8 @@ openssl 1.1.1l
 
 OpenSSL is a C library for secure communications/cryptography.
 
-curl 7.88.1
-===========
+curl 8.5.0
+==========
 
 We rebuild curl with support for OpenSSL.
 
diff --git a/steps/SHA256SUMS.pkgs b/steps/SHA256SUMS.pkgs
index d6c16ef..646ac9d 100644
--- a/steps/SHA256SUMS.pkgs
+++ b/steps/SHA256SUMS.pkgs
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ e196396a3073992ca4d8ce1606831e3a6e06fd22753f89b778eec01eed549a92  bzip2-1.0.8_0.
 692ec3f83fdd94a3687c764e6246f608e4600bc8f9fec953a0b23617ad24d08d  coreutils-5.0_0.tar.bz2
 09092e187588c5d33c023ac41671b367aef9f7ee967d2c7c03430b33cc03f251  coreutils-6.10_0.tar.bz2
 f49900486ae7f0c8107d729b71ede155ee44544cdf8d562b50fbea4095bd05b2  coreutils-8.32_0.tar.bz2
-a133ec4b2c1c913821743a97bbb6e6842d67999c12c09dc821014c4e0661c365  curl-7.88.1_0.tar.bz2
-2afc7d5f899a43807003f743ba2f173bbc14de836bd14f89d3991c73b56b37d8  curl-7.88.1_1.tar.bz2
+6a10f5258650ae75e92eb7aa1a5e6107b72c8b6419a4f64272262a1545c43161  curl-8.5.0_0.tar.bz2
+f9efd6600ceb91918078078ff44a33f2a4fb4a59edb804866aebd288c2cfb24e  curl-8.5.0_1.tar.bz2
 1d4dec2d1885a6b5499a0f0d55e9c2c65dab532c4c593d848b6a542f67789627  dhcpcd-10.0.1_0.tar.bz2
 c4008ae6b168aee4120b0f3624a1875f9e413d8f0c637708b8b04a1fb5be173c  diffutils-2.7_0.tar.bz2
 bda6afcd3a390a34a57443269a4857ccc470129f7a557981778c145fd841cbd1  dist-3.5-236_0.tar.bz2
diff --git a/steps/curl-7.88.1/sources b/steps/curl-7.88.1/sources
deleted file mode 100644
index 7858eb9..0000000
--- a/steps/curl-7.88.1/sources
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-https://curl.se/download/curl-7.88.1.tar.bz2 8224b45cce12abde039c12dc0711b7ea85b104b9ad534d6e4c5b4e188a61c907
diff --git a/steps/curl-7.88.1/files/sinus.pl b/steps/curl-8.5.0/files/sinus.pl
similarity index 100%
rename from steps/curl-7.88.1/files/sinus.pl
rename to steps/curl-8.5.0/files/sinus.pl
diff --git a/steps/curl-7.88.1/pass1.sh b/steps/curl-8.5.0/pass1.sh
similarity index 88%
rename from steps/curl-7.88.1/pass1.sh
rename to steps/curl-8.5.0/pass1.sh
index 7bd282e..0590d1f 100755
--- a/steps/curl-7.88.1/pass1.sh
+++ b/steps/curl-8.5.0/pass1.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ src_prepare() {
     default
 
     # Regnerate src/tool_cb_prg.c
-    sed -i "55,76d" src/tool_cb_prg.c
-    sed -i "55 s/^/$(perl sinus.pl | sed "s/, $//")\n/" src/tool_cb_prg.c
+    sed -i "57,78d" src/tool_cb_prg.c
+    sed -i "57 s/^/$(perl sinus.pl | sed "s/, $//")\n/" src/tool_cb_prg.c
 
     rm src/tool_help.c src/tool_help.h src/tool_listhelp.c src/tool_hugehelp.c
 
diff --git a/steps/curl-7.88.1/pass2.sh b/steps/curl-8.5.0/pass2.sh
similarity index 86%
rename from steps/curl-7.88.1/pass2.sh
rename to steps/curl-8.5.0/pass2.sh
index 809a4f0..efc3339 100755
--- a/steps/curl-7.88.1/pass2.sh
+++ b/steps/curl-8.5.0/pass2.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ src_prepare() {
     default
 
     # Regnerate src/tool_cb_prg.c
-    sed -i "55,76d" src/tool_cb_prg.c
-    sed -i "55 s/^/$(perl sinus.pl | sed "s/, $//")\n/" src/tool_cb_prg.c
+    sed -i "57,78d" src/tool_cb_prg.c
+    sed -i "57 s/^/$(perl sinus.pl | sed "s/, $//")\n/" src/tool_cb_prg.c
 
     rm src/tool_help.c src/tool_help.h src/tool_listhelp.c src/tool_hugehelp.c
 
diff --git a/steps/curl-7.88.1/patches/help.patch b/steps/curl-8.5.0/patches/help.patch
similarity index 92%
rename from steps/curl-7.88.1/patches/help.patch
rename to steps/curl-8.5.0/patches/help.patch
index a6dd434..c1d703a 100644
--- a/steps/curl-7.88.1/patches/help.patch
+++ b/steps/curl-8.5.0/patches/help.patch
@@ -8,38 +8,39 @@ Disable help.
 diff -ru src/Makefile.inc src/Makefile.inc
 --- src/Makefile.inc
 +++ src/Makefile.inc
-@@ -70,11 +70,9 @@
+@@ -76,12 +76,10 @@
    tool_formparse.c \
    tool_getparam.c \
    tool_getpass.c \
 -  tool_help.c \
    tool_helpers.c \
    tool_hugehelp.c \
+   tool_ipfs.c \
    tool_libinfo.c \
 -  tool_listhelp.c \
    tool_main.c \
    tool_msgs.c \
    tool_operate.c \
-@@ -111,7 +109,6 @@
+@@ -120,7 +118,6 @@
    tool_formparse.h \
    tool_getparam.h \
    tool_getpass.h \
 -  tool_help.h \
    tool_helpers.h \
    tool_hugehelp.h \
-   tool_libinfo.h \
+   tool_ipfs.h \
 diff -ru src/tool_operate.c src/tool_operate.c
 --- src/tool_operate.c
 +++ src/tool_operate.c
-@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@
+@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@
  #include "tool_writeout.h"
  #include "tool_xattr.h"
  #include "tool_vms.h"
 -#include "tool_help.h"
  #include "tool_hugehelp.h"
  #include "tool_progress.h"
- #include "dynbuf.h"
-@@ -2703,19 +2702,7 @@
+ #include "tool_ipfs.h"
+@@ -2746,19 +2745,7 @@
      if(res) {
        result = CURLE_OK;
  
diff --git a/steps/curl-7.88.1/patches/timeless-mk-ca-bundle.patch b/steps/curl-8.5.0/patches/timeless-mk-ca-bundle.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from steps/curl-7.88.1/patches/timeless-mk-ca-bundle.patch
rename to steps/curl-8.5.0/patches/timeless-mk-ca-bundle.patch
diff --git a/steps/curl-8.5.0/sources b/steps/curl-8.5.0/sources
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e25bdad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/steps/curl-8.5.0/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://curl.se/download/curl-8.5.0.tar.bz2 ce4b6a6655431147624aaf582632a36fe1ade262d5fab385c60f78942dd8d87b
diff --git a/steps/lwext4-1.0.0-lb1/files/early-artifacts-needed-after-fiwix.txt b/steps/lwext4-1.0.0-lb1/files/early-artifacts-needed-after-fiwix.txt
index 337e0e7..925e3c9 100644
--- a/steps/lwext4-1.0.0-lb1/files/early-artifacts-needed-after-fiwix.txt
+++ b/steps/lwext4-1.0.0-lb1/files/early-artifacts-needed-after-fiwix.txt
@@ -174,4 +174,4 @@
 /external/distfiles/v2.0.22.tar.gz
 /external/distfiles/linux-4.9.10.tar.gz
 /external/distfiles/deblob-4.9
-/external/distfiles/curl-7.88.1.tar.bz2
+/external/distfiles/curl-8.5.0.tar.bz2
diff --git a/steps/manifest b/steps/manifest
index 9df2afe..6dedaea 100644
--- a/steps/manifest
+++ b/steps/manifest
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ jump: break ( INTERNAL_CI == pass1 )
 jump: linux ( CHROOT == False )
 improve: finalize_fhs
 build: musl-1.2.4
-build: curl-7.88.1
+build: curl-8.5.0
 improve: populate_device_nodes
 jump: move_disk ( KERNEL_BOOTSTRAP == True )
 improve: get_network ( CHROOT == False )
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ build: perl-5.32.1
 build: libarchive-3.5.2
 build: openssl-1.1.1l
 build: ca-certificates-3.95
-build: curl-7.88.1
+build: curl-8.5.0
 build: zlib-1.2.13
 build: automake-1.16.3
 build: autoconf-2.71