diff --git a/stateful_update b/stateful_update
index 3e12337..e76d058 100755
--- a/stateful_update
+++ b/stateful_update
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 download_stateful_payload(){
   # Download and unzip directories onto the stateful partition.
-  eval "wget -qS -T 300 -O - \"${stateful_update_url}\"" |
+  eval "curl --silent --max-time 300 \"${stateful_update_url}\"" |
       tar --ignore-command-error --overwrite --directory=${STATEFUL_DIR} -xz
 }