diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fd05562182..99af9bdeda 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@
 *.rej
 *~
 *.pyc
-.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+.DS_Store
+*.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/nwipe/nwipe.hash b/package/nwipe/nwipe.hash
index 568f62d6bb..b46c89c34d 100644
--- a/package/nwipe/nwipe.hash
+++ b/package/nwipe/nwipe.hash
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sha1    9df9abe27302c73c856f78e5650b5be211b81d5f  nwipe-v0.38.tar.gz
+sha1    62adb09d04c8de18848efde4834115b7731a1c22  v0.39.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/nwipe/nwipe.mk b/package/nwipe/nwipe.mk
index 3c76710dfe..53217e9072 100644
--- a/package/nwipe/nwipe.mk
+++ b/package/nwipe/nwipe.mk
@@ -4,15 +4,17 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-NWIPE_VERSION = v0.38
-NWIPE_SITE = $(call github,martijnvanbrummelen,nwipe,$(NWIPE_VERSION))
+NWIPE_VERSION = 0.39
+NWIPE_SOURCE = v$(NWIPE_VERSION).tar.gz
+NWIPE_SITE = https://github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe/archive/refs/tags
+
 NWIPE_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses parted dmidecode coreutils
 
 define NWIPE_INITSH
-	(cd $(@D) && cp ../../../package/nwipe/002-nwipe-banner-patch.sh $(@D) && ./002-nwipe-banner-patch.sh  && PATH="../../host/bin:${PATH}" ./autogen.sh);
+    (cd $(@D) && cp ../../../package/nwipe/002-nwipe-banner-patch.sh $(@D) && ./002-nwipe-banner-patch.sh  && PATH="../../host/bin:${PATH}" ./autogen.sh);
 endef
 
-NWIPE_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += NWIPE_INITSH
-
+#NWIPE_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += NWIPE_INITSH
+NWIPE_PRE_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += NWIPE_INITSH
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))