diff --git a/package/zic/0001-remove-dependency-check-on-version-file.patch b/package/zic/0001-remove-dependency-check-on-version-file.patch
index 193c263049..62adc59c83 100644
--- a/package/zic/0001-remove-dependency-check-on-version-file.patch
+++ b/package/zic/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
+@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ 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.hash b/package/zic/zic.hash
index 3cee80bcdd..9e17621de8 100644
--- a/package/zic/zic.hash
+++ b/package/zic/zic.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# From https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/2020-December/000064.html
-sha512  5f6bf1b508434842eb9dacacc744b5f3375c35b88e401ef372b5fde80ad2f523484fe52a6e99460e402230406ebf6a9261a97efde45a610f8e8085893d55c4ed  tzcode2020f.tar.gz
+# From https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz-announce/2021-October/000069.html
+sha512  87b0335129ea41c5f42f687f548712e5da892baa8494cecf5d34851beceecf6ae52f22104696ed187713cf9e502570eb2041e277dfd3c043c11d0253bfde685a  tzcode2021e.tar.gz
 # Locally computed:
 sha256  0613408568889f5739e5ae252b722a2659c02002839ad970a63dc5e9174b27cf  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/zic/zic.mk b/package/zic/zic.mk
index 7529b682a2..13f3a83bce 100644
--- a/package/zic/zic.mk
+++ b/package/zic/zic.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-ZIC_VERSION = 2020f
+ZIC_VERSION = 2021e
 ZIC_SOURCE = tzcode$(ZIC_VERSION).tar.gz
 ZIC_SITE = https://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases
 ZIC_STRIP_COMPONENTS = 0