diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/network-tools-depends/irssi/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/network-tools-depends/irssi/package.mk
index 4c90e99024..57f476137f 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/network-tools-depends/irssi/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/network-tools-depends/irssi/package.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="irssi"
-PKG_VERSION="1.2.3"
-PKG_SHA256="a647bfefed14d2221fa77b6edac594934dc672c4a560417b1abcbbc6b88d769f"
+PKG_VERSION="1.4.2"
+PKG_SHA256="79a4765d2dfe153c440a1775b074d5d0682b96814c7cf92325b5e15ce50e26a8"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.irssi.org/"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/irssi/irssi/releases/download/${PKG_VERSION}/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
@@ -11,14 +11,7 @@ PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain glib ncurses openssl"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems."
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-sysroot"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--with-sysroot=${SYSROOT_PREFIX} \
-        --disable-glibtest \
-        --without-socks \
-        --with-textui \
-        --without-bot \
-        --without-proxy \
-        --without-perl"
-
-pre_configure_target() {
-  export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -I${PKG_BUILD}"
-}
+PKG_MESON_OPTS_TARGET="-Dwithout-textui=no \
+                       -Dwith-bot=no \
+                       -Dwith-proxy=no \
+                       -Dwith-perl=no"