diff --git a/package/utils/busybox/Makefile b/package/utils/busybox/Makefile
index 76a910361edfc..242a2428acebc 100644
--- a/package/utils/busybox/Makefile
+++ b/package/utils/busybox/Makefile
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2006-2020 OpenWrt.org
-#
-# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
-# See /LICENSE for more information.
-#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2021 OpenWrt.org
 
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=busybox
 PKG_VERSION:=1.33.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 PKG_FLAGS:=essential
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2