diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/screen/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/screen/package.mk
index 27da36a079..3f8355ccdf 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/screen/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/screen/package.mk
@@ -17,16 +17,15 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="screen"
-PKG_VERSION="4.5.1"
-PKG_SHA256="97db2114dd963b016cd4ded34831955dcbe3251e5eee45ac2606e67e9f097b2d"
+PKG_VERSION="4.6.2"
+PKG_SHA256="1b6922520e6a0ce5e28768d620b0f640a6631397f95ccb043b70b91bb503fa3a"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/"
 PKG_URL="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/screen/$PKG_NAME-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain ncurses"
 PKG_SECTION="shell/console"
-PKG_SHORTDESC="terminal multiplexor with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation"
-PKG_LONGDESC="screen is a terminal multiplexor that runs several separate screens on a single physical character-based terminal. Each virtual terminal emulates a DEC VT100 plus several ANSI X3.64 and ISO 2022 functions. Screen sessions can be detached and resumed later on a different terminal."
+PKG_LONGDESC="Screen is a window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="ac_cv_header_utempter_h=no \
                            --enable-colors256 \
@@ -45,5 +44,5 @@ pre_configure_target() {
 }
 
 makeinstall_target() {
-  : # nop
+  :
 }