diff --git a/packages/tools/u-boot-tools/package.mk b/packages/tools/u-boot-tools/package.mk
index 85c8e419ad..60d7f0c864 100644
--- a/packages/tools/u-boot-tools/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/u-boot-tools/package.mk
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2019-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="u-boot-tools"
-PKG_VERSION="2019.01"
-PKG_SHA256="50bd7e5a466ab828914d080d5f6a432345b500e8fba1ad3b7b61e95e60d51c22"
+PKG_VERSION="2021.01"
+PKG_SHA256="b407e1510a74e863b8b5cb42a24625344f0e0c2fc7582d8c866bd899367d0454"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot"
 PKG_URL="http://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/u-boot-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host bison:host flex:host"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain swig:host"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Das U-Boot is a cross-platform bootloader for embedded systems."
 
 make_host() {
diff --git a/packages/tools/u-boot/package.mk b/packages/tools/u-boot/package.mk
index 9817d2506d..af8550034c 100644
--- a/packages/tools/u-boot/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/u-boot/package.mk
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ case "$PROJECT" in
     PKG_PATCH_DIRS="rockchip"
     ;;
   *)
-    PKG_VERSION="v2021.01-rc4"
-    PKG_SHA256="9e05a96f0cac4f8b6fdea5cdf10f0d814e6a0d7141243a6eb9862385c7ddeb14"
-    PKG_URL="https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/archive/$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+    PKG_VERSION="2021.01"
+    PKG_SHA256="b407e1510a74e863b8b5cb42a24625344f0e0c2fc7582d8c866bd899367d0454"
+    PKG_URL="http://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
     ;;
 esac