diff --git a/package/zic/patches/0001-remove-dependency-check-on-version-file.patch b/package/zic/patches/0001-remove-dependency-check-on-version-file.patch
index 193c2630..93626f79 100644
--- a/package/zic/patches/0001-remove-dependency-check-on-version-file.patch
+++ b/package/zic/patches/0001-remove-dependency-check-on-version-file.patch
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
 index 1b714a8..00d2c09 100644
 --- a/Makefile
 +++ b/Makefile
-@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ INSTALL:	ALL install date.1
+@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ INSTALL:	ALL install date.1
  # Otherwise, use $(VERSION) unless it is "unknown" and there is already
  # a 'version' file, in which case reuse the existing 'version' contents
  # and append "-dirty" if the contents do not already end in "-dirty".
diff --git a/package/zic/zic.mk b/package/zic/zic.mk
index 685fde12..14af4d56 100644
--- a/package/zic/zic.mk
+++ b/package/zic/zic.mk
@@ -4,24 +4,25 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-HOST_ZIC_VERSION = 2020f
+HOST_ZIC_VERSION = 2022a
 HOST_ZIC_DIR = tzcode$(HOST_ZIC_VERSION)
 HOST_ZIC_SOURCE = tzcode$(HOST_ZIC_VERSION).tar.gz
-HOST_ZIC_SITE = ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases
-
-$(DL_DIR)/$(HOST_ZIC_SOURCE):
-	$(download) $(HOST_ZIC_SITE)/$(HOST_ZIC_SOURCE)
+HOST_ZIC_SITE = https://data.iana.org/time-zones/releases
 
 HOST_ZIC = $(HOST_DIR)/sbin/zic
 
-host-zic: $(DL_DIR)/$(HOST_ZIC_SOURCE) | $(HOST_DIR)
-	$(REMOVE)/$(PKG_DIR)
-	$(MKDIR)/$(PKG_DIR)
-	$(CHDIR)/$(PKG_DIR); \
-		tar -xf $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE)
+define HOST_ZIC_INSTALL_BINARY
+	$(INSTALL_EXEC) -D $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/zic $(HOST_ZIC)
+endef
+HOST_ZIC_PRE_FOLLOWUP_HOOKS += HOST_ZIC_INSTALL_BINARY
+
+host-zic: | $(HOST_DIR)
+	$(call STARTUP)
+	$(call DEPENDENCIES)
+	$(call DOWNLOAD,$($(PKG)_SOURCE))
+	$(MKDIR)/$($(PKG)_DIR)
+	$(call EXTRACT,$(PKG_BUILD_DIR))
 	$(call APPLY_PATCHES,$(PKG_PATCHES_DIR))
-	$(CHDIR)/$(PKG_DIR); \
+	$(CHDIR)/$($(PKG)_DIR); \
 		$(MAKE) zic
-	$(INSTALL_EXEC) -D $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/zic $(HOST_ZIC)
-	$(REMOVE)/$(PKG_DIR)
-	$(TOUCH)
+	$(call HOST_FOLLOWUP)