diff --git a/net/libwebsockets/Makefile b/net/libwebsockets/Makefile
index 694eb4b3bc4c..617fddc81948 100644
--- a/net/libwebsockets/Makefile
+++ b/net/libwebsockets/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	libwebsockets
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	4.2.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	4.2.1
 CATEGORIES=	net devel
 MASTER_SITES=	https://libwebsockets.org/git/libwebsockets/snapshot/
 
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ MBEDTLS_LIB_DEPENDS=	libmbedtls.so:security/mbedtls
 MBEDTLS_CMAKE_BOOL=	LWS_WITH_MBEDTLS
 OPENSSL_USES=		ssl
 OPENSSL_CMAKE_BOOL=	LWS_WITHOUT_BUILTIN_SHA1
-# WolfSSL need to be compiled with --enable-libwebsockets to be compatible
+# WolfSSL needs to be compiled with --enable-libwebsockets to work
 # WOLFSSL_LIB_DEPENDS=	libwolfssl.so:security/wolfssl
 # WOLFSSL_CMAKE_BOOL=	LWS_WITH_SSL LWS_WITH_WOLFSSL
 # WOLFSSL_CMAKE_ON=	-DLWS_WOLFSSL_INCLUDE_DIRS=${LOCALBASE}/include \
diff --git a/net/libwebsockets/distinfo b/net/libwebsockets/distinfo
index a8c1000b0aa6..86d5065bc40e 100644
--- a/net/libwebsockets/distinfo
+++ b/net/libwebsockets/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1621466017
-SHA256 (libwebsockets-v4.2.0.tar.xz) = 4d1e42c2be5951b49cda195008f9c39b7dd29a8956ea00bbe52fcf7efb6a623a
-SIZE (libwebsockets-v4.2.0.tar.xz) = 12769280
+TIMESTAMP = 1627246669
+SHA256 (libwebsockets-v4.2.1.tar.xz) = 42d67017f91d408cf4c6c2bd761e9ef257973157a9c4ad295e0c05ebfc747246
+SIZE (libwebsockets-v4.2.1.tar.xz) = 12769280
diff --git a/net/libwebsockets/pkg-plist b/net/libwebsockets/pkg-plist
index dfc61553e02a..4e888839908f 100644
--- a/net/libwebsockets/pkg-plist
+++ b/net/libwebsockets/pkg-plist
@@ -102,14 +102,11 @@ libdata/pkgconfig/libwebsockets_static.pc
 %%PLUGINS%%%%DATADIR%%-test-server/plugins/libprotocol_deaddrop.so
 %%PLUGINS%%%%DATADIR%%-test-server/plugins/libprotocol_dumb_increment.so
 %%PLUGINS%%%%DATADIR%%-test-server/plugins/libprotocol_lws_mirror.so
+%%WEBSERVER%%%%PLUGINS%%%%DATADIR%%-test-server/plugins/libprotocol_lws_openmetrics_export.so
 %%WEBSERVER%%%%PLUGINS%%%%DATADIR%%-test-server/plugins/libprotocol_lws_raw_proxy.so
 %%PLUGINS%%%%DATADIR%%-test-server/plugins/libprotocol_lws_raw_test.so
-%%WEBSERVER%%%%PLUGINS%%%%DATADIR%%-test-server/plugins/libprotocol_lws_server_status.so
 %%PLUGINS%%%%DATADIR%%-test-server/plugins/libprotocol_lws_ssh_base.so
 %%PLUGINS%%%%DATADIR%%-test-server/plugins/libprotocol_lws_sshd_demo.so
 %%PLUGINS%%%%DATADIR%%-test-server/plugins/libprotocol_lws_status.so
 %%PLUGINS%%%%DATADIR%%-test-server/plugins/libprotocol_post_demo.so
-%%WEBSERVER%%%%PLUGINS%%%%DATADIR%%-test-server/server-status/lwsws-logo.png
-%%WEBSERVER%%%%PLUGINS%%%%DATADIR%%-test-server/server-status/server-status.css
-%%WEBSERVER%%%%PLUGINS%%%%DATADIR%%-test-server/server-status/server-status.html
-%%WEBSERVER%%%%PLUGINS%%%%DATADIR%%-test-server/server-status/server-status.js
+