diff --git a/net/curl/Config.in b/net/curl/Config.in
index 5e7e554d7..24b7b9627 100644
--- a/net/curl/Config.in
+++ b/net/curl/Config.in
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ config LIBCURL_ZSTD
 
 config LIBCURL_UNIX_SOCKETS
 	bool "Enable unix domain socket support"
-	default n
+	default y
 	help
 		Enable HTTP over unix domain sockets.
 		To use this with the curl command line, you specify the socket path to the new --unix-domain option.
diff --git a/net/curl/Makefile b/net/curl/Makefile
index 94dd07ff6..0864d5143 100644
--- a/net/curl/Makefile
+++ b/net/curl/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/nls.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=curl
 PKG_VERSION:=7.88.1
-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))/ \