diff --git a/config/boards/mba8mpxl-ras314.conf b/config/boards/mba8mpxl-ras314.conf
index 78058c0ad9..e97a206f51 100644
--- a/config/boards/mba8mpxl-ras314.conf
+++ b/config/boards/mba8mpxl-ras314.conf
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ ASOUND_STATE="asound.state.tqma"
 function post_family_tweaks_bsp__mba8mpxl-ras314() {
 
 	# Wifi & Bluetooth (use firmware from NXP)
-	wget https://github.com/nxp-imx/imx-firmware/raw/lf-6.6.3_1.0.0/nxp/FwImage_8997/pcieuart8997_combo_v4.bin
+	curl -fLOJ https://github.com/nxp-imx/imx-firmware/raw/lf-6.6.3_1.0.0/nxp/FwImage_8997/pcieuart8997_combo_v4.bin || {
+		echo "download of pcieuart8997_combo_v4.bin failed"
+		rm -f pcieuart8997_combo_v4.bin
+		exit 1
+	}
 	run_host_command_logged mkdir -pv --mode=755 "$destination/lib/firmware/" || exit_with_error "Unable to mkdir firmware"
 	run_host_command_logged mkdir -v --mode=775 "$destination/lib/firmware/mrvl/" || exit_with_error "Unable to mkdir mrvl"
 	run_host_command_logged mv -v "pcieuart8997_combo_v4.bin" "$destination/lib/firmware/mrvl/" || exit_with_error "Unable to copy mrvl firmware"
diff --git a/config/boards/orangepi5pro.csc b/config/boards/orangepi5pro.csc
index 34bdb62e15..719eec30d3 100644
--- a/config/boards/orangepi5pro.csc
+++ b/config/boards/orangepi5pro.csc
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function pre_customize_image__orangepi5pro_add_phy_driver() {
     
     # Create directory and download .deb (Not installing due to chroot issue with dkms and kernel headers)
     chroot_sdcard mkdir -p /usr/local/share/eth-driver
-    chroot_sdcard wget "https://github.com/dante1613/Motorcomm-YT6801/raw/main/tuxedo-yt6801/${deb_file}" -O "/usr/local/share/eth-driver/${deb_file}"
+    chroot_sdcard curl -fL "https://github.com/dante1613/Motorcomm-YT6801/raw/main/tuxedo-yt6801/${deb_file}" -o "/usr/local/share/eth-driver/${deb_file}"
     
     # Make script to Auto-Install Ethernet Driver Only on first boot
     cat << 'EOF' > "${SDCARD}/usr/local/bin/install-eth-driver.sh"
@@ -196,4 +196,4 @@ function post_family_config__orangepi5pro_use_vendor_uboot() {
 	BOOTSOURCE='https://github.com/orangepi-xunlong/u-boot-orangepi.git'
 	BOOTBRANCH='branch:v2017.09-rk3588'
 	BOOTPATCHDIR="legacy"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/config/boards/thinkpad-x13s.conf b/config/boards/thinkpad-x13s.conf
index 017e9bf129..d43424a3ed 100644
--- a/config/boards/thinkpad-x13s.conf
+++ b/config/boards/thinkpad-x13s.conf
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ function x13s_obtain_firmware() {
 	mkdir -p "${fw_target}/qcom/sc8280xp/LENOVO/21BX"
 
 	# video acceleration firmware/interconnect stuff; get it from ironrobin's repo;
-	wget --output-document "${fw_target}/qcom/sc8280xp/LENOVO/21BX/qcvss8280.mbn" "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ironrobin/x13s-alarm/trunk/x13s-firmware/qcvss8280.mbn"
+	curl -o "${fw_target}/qcom/sc8280xp/LENOVO/21BX/qcvss8280.mbn" \
+		"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ironrobin/x13s-alarm/trunk/x13s-firmware/qcvss8280.mbn"
 
 	# add a link to audio fw
 	(cd "${fw_target}/qcom/sc8280xp" && ln -s "LENOVO/21BX/audioreach-tplg.bin" "SC8280XP-LENOVO-X13S-tplg.bin")
diff --git a/config/sources/families/imx8m.conf b/config/sources/families/imx8m.conf
index ca699ba89d..aac57f45d5 100644
--- a/config/sources/families/imx8m.conf
+++ b/config/sources/families/imx8m.conf
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ esac
 pre_config_uboot_target() {
 	# get the firmware
 	rm -rf ${IMX_FIRMWARE}*
-	wget https://www.nxp.com/lgfiles/NMG/MAD/YOCTO/${IMX_FIRMWARE}.bin -O ${IMX_FIRMWARE}.bin
+	curl -fL "https://www.nxp.com/lgfiles/NMG/MAD/YOCTO/${IMX_FIRMWARE}.bin" -o "${IMX_FIRMWARE}.bin" || {
+		echo "download of IMX_FIRMWARE failed";
+		rm -f "${IMX_FIRMWARE}.bin"
+		exit 1
+	}
 	chmod +x ${IMX_FIRMWARE}.bin
 	./${IMX_FIRMWARE}.bin --auto-accept
 
diff --git a/config/sources/families/meson-s4t7.conf b/config/sources/families/meson-s4t7.conf
index 81edb446ab..7e8b88b3eb 100644
--- a/config/sources/families/meson-s4t7.conf
+++ b/config/sources/families/meson-s4t7.conf
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ function fetch_sources_tools__meson_s4t7_download_uboot_toolchain() {
 	mkdir -p "${tbasedir}"
 
 	if [[ ! -d "${tdir}" ]]; then
-		run_host_command_logged wget --progress=dot:giga -O "${tbasedir}/${tfile}" "${turl}"
+		run_host_command_logged curl -fL#o "${tbasedir}/${tfile}" "${turl}"
 		run_host_command_logged tar -C "${tbasedir}" -xf "${tbasedir}/${tfile}"
 		run_host_command_logged rm -fv "${tbasedir}/${tfile}"
 	fi
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ function fetch_sources_tools__meson_s4t7_download_uboot_toolchain() {
 	mkdir -p "${tbasedir}"
 
 	if [[ ! -d "${tdir}" ]]; then
-		run_host_command_logged wget --progress=dot:giga -O "${tbasedir}/${tfile}" "${turl}"
+		run_host_command_logged curl -fL#o "${tbasedir}/${tfile}" "${turl}"
 		run_host_command_logged tar -C "${tbasedir}" -xzf "${tbasedir}/${tfile}"
 		run_host_command_logged rm -fv "${tbasedir}/${tfile}"
 	fi
diff --git a/config/templates/customize-image.sh.template b/config/templates/customize-image.sh.template
index e1bb43d5ed..d4e234d417 100644
--- a/config/templates/customize-image.sh.template
+++ b/config/templates/customize-image.sh.template
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ InstallOpenMediaVault() {
 
 	# install OMV extras, enable folder2ram and tweak some settings
 	FILE=$(mktemp)
-	wget "$OMV_EXTRAS_URL" -qO $FILE && dpkg -i $FILE
+	curl "$OMV_EXTRAS_URL" -fLso "$FILE" && dpkg -i "$FILE"
 	
 	/usr/sbin/omv-update
 	# Install flashmemory plugin and netatalk by default, use nice logo for the latter,
@@ -208,8 +208,9 @@ InstallOpenMediaVault() {
 
 	# Fix little python bug upstream Debian 9 obviously ignores
 	if [ -f /usr/lib/python3.5/weakref.py ]; then
-		wget -O /usr/lib/python3.5/weakref.py \
-		https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python/cpython/9cd7e17640a49635d1c1f8c2989578a8fc2c1de6/Lib/weakref.py
+		GITREF="9cd7e17640a49635d1c1f8c2989578a8fc2c1de6"
+		curl -fLo /usr/lib/python3.5/weakref.py \
+			"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python/cpython/${GITREF}/Lib/weakref.py"
 	fi
 
 	# clean up and force password change on first boot
@@ -226,7 +227,7 @@ UnattendedStorageBenchmark() {
 
 	apt-get -qq install time
 
-	wget -qO /usr/local/bin/sd-card-bench.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ThomasKaiser/sbc-bench/master/sd-card-bench.sh
+	curl -fLso /usr/local/bin/sd-card-bench.sh "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ThomasKaiser/sbc-bench/master/sd-card-bench.sh"
 	chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/sd-card-bench.sh
 
 	sed -i '/^exit\ 0$/i \
diff --git a/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-armbian-base-files.sh b/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-armbian-base-files.sh
index 64aa055d78..4fc3258e39 100644
--- a/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-armbian-base-files.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/artifacts/artifact-armbian-base-files.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function artifact_armbian-base-files_prepare_version() {
 	sleep_seconds="15" do_with_retries 10 apt_find_upstream_package_version_and_download_url "base-files"
 
 	# download the file, but write it to /dev/null (just for testing it is correct)
-	# wget --timeout=15 --output-document=/dev/null "${found_package_down_url}" || exit_with_error "Could not download '${found_package_down_url}'"
+	# curl -fLo /dev/null "${found_package_down_url}" || exit_with_error "Could not download '${found_package_down_url}'"
 
 	# Set readonly globals with the wanted info; will be used during the actual build of this artifact
 	declare -g -r base_files_wanted_upstream_version="${found_package_version}"
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function compile_armbian-base-files() {
 
 	# Download the deb file
 	declare deb_file="${destination}/${base_files_wanted_upstream_filename}"
-	run_host_command_logged wget --no-verbose --timeout=60 --output-document="${deb_file}" "${base_files_wanted_deb_down_url}" || exit_with_error "Could not download '${base_files_wanted_deb_down_url}'"
+	run_host_command_logged curl -fLo "${deb_file}" "${base_files_wanted_deb_down_url}" || exit_with_error "Could not download '${base_files_wanted_deb_down_url}'"
 
 	# Raw-Extract (with DEBIAN dir) the contents of the deb file into "${destination}"
 	run_host_command_logged dpkg-deb --raw-extract "${deb_file}" "${destination}" || exit_with_error "Could not raw-extract '${deb_file}'"
diff --git a/lib/functions/general/bat-cat.sh b/lib/functions/general/bat-cat.sh
index 1dc4486045..b552c50516 100644
--- a/lib/functions/general/bat-cat.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/general/bat-cat.sh
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ function try_download_batcat_tooling() {
 	display_alert "BATCAT_FN: ${BATCAT_FN}" "batcat" "debug"
 
 	display_alert "Downloading required" "batcat tooling${RETRY_FMT_MORE_THAN_ONCE}" "info"
-	run_host_command_logged wget --no-verbose --progress=dot:giga -O "${BATCAT_BIN}.tar.gz.tmp" "${DOWN_URL}" || {
+	run_host_command_logged curl -L#o "${BATCAT_BIN}.tar.gz.tmp" "${DOWN_URL}" || {
 		return 1
 	}
 	run_host_command_logged mv "${BATCAT_BIN}.tar.gz.tmp" "${BATCAT_BIN}.tar.gz"
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ function try_download_batcat_tooling() {
 	run_host_command_logged rm -rf "${BATCAT_BIN}.tar.gz"
 
 	# EXTRA: get more syntaxes for batcat. We need Debian syntax for CONTROL files, etc.
-	run_host_command_logged wget --no-verbose --progress=dot:giga -O "${DIR_BATCAT}/sublime-debian.tar.gz.tmp" "${GITHUB_SOURCE:-"https://github.com"}/barnumbirr/sublime-debian/archive/refs/heads/master.tar.gz"
+	run_host_command_logged curl -L#o "${DIR_BATCAT}/sublime-debian.tar.gz.tmp" "${GITHUB_SOURCE:-"https://github.com"}/barnumbirr/sublime-debian/archive/refs/heads/master.tar.gz"
 	run_host_command_logged mkdir -p "${DIR_BATCAT}/temp-debian-syntax"
 	run_host_command_logged tar -xzf "${DIR_BATCAT}/sublime-debian.tar.gz.tmp" -C "${DIR_BATCAT}/temp-debian-syntax" sublime-debian-master/Syntaxes
 
diff --git a/lib/functions/general/oci-oras.sh b/lib/functions/general/oci-oras.sh
index 307537deec..ae84a501cb 100644
--- a/lib/functions/general/oci-oras.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/general/oci-oras.sh
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ function try_download_oras_tooling() {
 	display_alert "ORAS_BIN: ${ORAS_BIN}" "ORAS" "debug"
 
 	display_alert "Downloading required" "ORAS tooling${RETRY_FMT_MORE_THAN_ONCE}" "info"
-	run_host_command_logged wget --no-verbose --progress=dot:giga -O "${ORAS_BIN}.tar.gz.tmp" "${DOWN_URL}" || {
+	run_host_command_logged curl -fL#o "${ORAS_BIN}.tar.gz.tmp" "${DOWN_URL}" || {
 		return 1
 	}
 	run_host_command_logged mv "${ORAS_BIN}.tar.gz.tmp" "${ORAS_BIN}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/lib/functions/general/shellcheck.sh b/lib/functions/general/shellcheck.sh
index 6eca964897..d4cb10a2f9 100644
--- a/lib/functions/general/shellcheck.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/general/shellcheck.sh
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ function try_download_shellcheck_tooling() {
 	display_alert "SHELLCHECK_BIN: ${SHELLCHECK_BIN}" "SHELLCHECK" "debug"
 
 	display_alert "Downloading required" "SHELLCHECK tooling${RETRY_FMT_MORE_THAN_ONCE}" "info"
-	run_host_command_logged wget --no-verbose --progress=dot:giga -O "${SHELLCHECK_BIN}.tar.xz.tmp" "${DOWN_URL}" || {
+	run_host_command_logged curl -fL#o "${SHELLCHECK_BIN}.tar.xz.tmp" "${DOWN_URL}" || {
 		return 1
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/tools/shellcheck.sh b/lib/tools/shellcheck.sh
index d988b7201b..0bf78d9878 100755
--- a/lib/tools/shellcheck.sh
+++ b/lib/tools/shellcheck.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@ if [[ ! -f "${SHELLCHECK_BIN}" ]]; then
 	echo "MACHINE: ${MACHINE}"
 	echo "Down URL: ${DOWN_URL}"
 	echo "SHELLCHECK_BIN: ${SHELLCHECK_BIN}"
-	wget -O "${SHELLCHECK_BIN}.tar.xz" "${DOWN_URL}"
+	curl -fLo "${SHELLCHECK_BIN}.tar.xz" "${DOWN_URL}" || {
+		echo "download of shellcheck failed from ${DOWN_URL}";
+		rm -f "${SHELLCHECK_BIN}.tar.xz"
+		exit 1;
+	}
 	tar -xf "${SHELLCHECK_BIN}.tar.xz" -C "${DIR_SHELLCHECK}" "shellcheck-v${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}/shellcheck"
 	mv -v "${DIR_SHELLCHECK}/shellcheck-v${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}/shellcheck" "${SHELLCHECK_BIN}"
 	rm -rf "${DIR_SHELLCHECK}/shellcheck-v${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}" "${SHELLCHECK_BIN}.tar.xz"
diff --git a/lib/tools/shellfmt.sh b/lib/tools/shellfmt.sh
index 71908ec335..98841721e6 100755
--- a/lib/tools/shellfmt.sh
+++ b/lib/tools/shellfmt.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ echo "SHELLFMT_BIN: ${SHELLFMT_BIN}"
 
 if [[ ! -f "${SHELLFMT_BIN}" ]]; then
 	echo "Cache miss, downloading..."
-	wget -O "${SHELLFMT_BIN}" "${DOWN_URL}"
+	curl -fLo "${SHELLFMT_BIN}" "${DOWN_URL}" || {
+		echo "shellfmt download failed from ${DOWN_URL}"
+		rm -f "${SHELLFMT_BIN}"
+		exit 1;
+	}
 	chmod +x "${SHELLFMT_BIN}"
 fi