diff --git a/docker/alpine-normal/Dockerfile b/docker/alpine-normal/Dockerfile
index 76c6e0373217..44c1fd1bf2ec 100644
--- a/docker/alpine-normal/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/alpine-normal/Dockerfile
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ ARG HDF4_VERSION=4.2.16
 RUN if test "${HDF4_VERSION}" != "" -a "$(uname -m)" = "x86_64"; then ( \
     apk add --no-cache byacc flex portablexdr-dev \
     && mkdir hdf4 \
-    && wget -q https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF/releases/HDF${HDF4_VERSION}/src/hdf-${HDF4_VERSION}.tar.gz -O - \
+    && curl -L -fsS https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF/releases/HDF${HDF4_VERSION}/src/hdf-${HDF4_VERSION}.tar.gz \
         | tar xz -C hdf4 --strip-components=2 \
     && cd hdf4 \
     && LDFLAGS=-lportablexdr ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --disable-static \
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ RUN if test "${HDF4_VERSION}" != "" -a "$(uname -m)" = "x86_64"; then ( \
 # Build libOpenDRIVE
 ARG OPENDRIVE_VERSION=0.6.0-gdal
 RUN if test "${OPENDRIVE_VERSION}" != ""; then ( \
-    wget -q https://github.com/DLR-TS/libOpenDRIVE/archive/refs/tags/${OPENDRIVE_VERSION}.tar.gz \
+    curl -LO -fsS https://github.com/DLR-TS/libOpenDRIVE/archive/refs/tags/${OPENDRIVE_VERSION}.tar.gz \
     && tar xzf ${OPENDRIVE_VERSION}.tar.gz \
     && rm -f ${OPENDRIVE_VERSION}.tar.gz \
     && cd libOpenDRIVE-${OPENDRIVE_VERSION} \
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ ARG RSYNC_REMOTE
 # Build PROJ
 ARG PROJ_VERSION=master
 RUN mkdir proj \
-    && wget -q https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/archive/${PROJ_VERSION}.tar.gz -O - \
+    && curl -L -fsS https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/archive/${PROJ_VERSION}.tar.gz \
         | tar xz -C proj --strip-components=1 \
     && cd proj \
     && if test "${RSYNC_REMOTE}" != ""; then \
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ RUN mkdir proj \
 # Build spatialite
 ARG SPATIALITE_VERSION=5.1.0
 RUN if test "${SPATIALITE_VERSION}" != "" -a "$(uname -m)" = "x86_64"; then ( \
-    wget -q https://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/libspatialite-sources/libspatialite-${SPATIALITE_VERSION}.tar.gz \
+    curl -LO -fsS https://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/libspatialite-sources/libspatialite-${SPATIALITE_VERSION}.tar.gz \
     && tar xzf libspatialite-${SPATIALITE_VERSION}.tar.gz \
     && rm -f libspatialite-${SPATIALITE_VERSION}.tar.gz \
     && cd libspatialite-${SPATIALITE_VERSION} \
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ RUN if test "${GDAL_VERSION}" = "master"; then \
         && export LDFLAGS="-lportablexdr ${LDFLAGS}"; \
     fi \
     && mkdir gdal \
-    && wget -q https://github.com/${GDAL_REPOSITORY}/archive/${GDAL_VERSION}.tar.gz -O - \
+    && curl -L -fsS https://github.com/${GDAL_REPOSITORY}/archive/${GDAL_VERSION}.tar.gz \
         | tar xz -C gdal --strip-components=1 \
     && cd gdal \
     && if test "${RSYNC_REMOTE}" != ""; then \
diff --git a/docker/alpine-small/Dockerfile b/docker/alpine-small/Dockerfile
index e4fc732b8d77..7d0fe217c7d7 100644
--- a/docker/alpine-small/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/alpine-small/Dockerfile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
 #ARG OPENJPEG_VERSION=2.3.1
 RUN if test "${OPENJPEG_VERSION}" != ""; then ( \
     apk add --no-cache cmake \
-    && wget -q https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/archive/v${OPENJPEG_VERSION}.tar.gz \
+    && curl -LO -fsS https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/archive/v${OPENJPEG_VERSION}.tar.gz \
     && tar xzf v${OPENJPEG_VERSION}.tar.gz \
     && rm -f v${OPENJPEG_VERSION}.tar.gz \
     && cd openjpeg-${OPENJPEG_VERSION} \
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache rsync ccache
 ARG PROJ_DATUMGRID_LATEST_LAST_MODIFIED
 RUN \
     mkdir -p /build_projgrids/usr/share/proj \
-    && curl -LOs http://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-datumgrid-latest.zip \
+    && curl -LO -fsS http://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-datumgrid-latest.zip \
     && unzip -q -j -u -o proj-datumgrid-latest.zip  -d /build_projgrids/usr/share/proj \
     && rm -f *.zip
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ ARG RSYNC_REMOTE
 ARG PROJ_VERSION=master
 RUN mkdir proj \
     && apk add --no-cache cmake \
-    && wget -q https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/archive/${PROJ_VERSION}.tar.gz -O - \
+    && curl -L -fsS https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/archive/${PROJ_VERSION}.tar.gz \
         | tar xz -C proj --strip-components=1 \
     && cd proj \
     && if test "${RSYNC_REMOTE}" != ""; then \
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ RUN if test "${GDAL_VERSION}" = "master"; then \
         ccache -M 1G; \
     fi \
     && mkdir gdal \
-    && wget -q https://github.com/${GDAL_REPOSITORY}/archive/${GDAL_VERSION}.tar.gz -O - \
+    && curl -L -fsS https://github.com/${GDAL_REPOSITORY}/archive/${GDAL_VERSION}.tar.gz \
         | tar xz -C gdal --strip-components=1 \
     && cd gdal \
     && mkdir build \
diff --git a/docker/ubuntu-full/Dockerfile b/docker/ubuntu-full/Dockerfile
index 685d1686ed7b..373ae0d20e65 100644
--- a/docker/ubuntu-full/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/ubuntu-full/Dockerfile
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ RUN . /buildscripts/bh-set-envvars.sh \
 # Build likbkea
 ARG KEA_VERSION=1.5.2
 RUN . /buildscripts/bh-set-envvars.sh \
-    && wget -q https://github.com/ubarsc/kealib/archive/kealib-${KEA_VERSION}.zip \
+    && curl -LO -fsS https://github.com/ubarsc/kealib/archive/kealib-${KEA_VERSION}.zip \
     && unzip -q kealib-${KEA_VERSION}.zip \
     && rm -f kealib-${KEA_VERSION}.zip \
     && cd kealib-kealib-${KEA_VERSION} \
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ RUN . /buildscripts/bh-set-envvars.sh \
 ARG MONGO_C_DRIVER_VERSION=1.24.4
 RUN . /buildscripts/bh-set-envvars.sh \
     && mkdir mongo-c-driver \
-    && wget -q https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/releases/download/${MONGO_C_DRIVER_VERSION}/mongo-c-driver-${MONGO_C_DRIVER_VERSION}.tar.gz -O - \
+    && curl -L -fsS https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/releases/download/${MONGO_C_DRIVER_VERSION}/mongo-c-driver-${MONGO_C_DRIVER_VERSION}.tar.gz \
         | tar xz -C mongo-c-driver --strip-components=1 \
     && cd mongo-c-driver \
     && mkdir build_cmake \
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ RUN . /buildscripts/bh-set-envvars.sh \
 ARG MONGOCXX_VERSION=3.8.1
 RUN . /buildscripts/bh-set-envvars.sh \
     && mkdir mongocxx \
-    && wget -q https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-cxx-driver/archive/r${MONGOCXX_VERSION}.tar.gz -O - \
+    && curl -L -fsS https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-cxx-driver/archive/r${MONGOCXX_VERSION}.tar.gz \
         | tar xz -C mongocxx --strip-components=1 \
     && cd mongocxx \
     && mkdir build_cmake \
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ RUN . /buildscripts/bh-set-envvars.sh \
         libspdlog-dev${APT_ARCH_SUFFIX} libmagic-dev${APT_ARCH_SUFFIX} \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
     && mkdir tiledb \
-    && wget -q https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB/archive/${TILEDB_VERSION}.tar.gz -O - \
+    && curl -L -fsS https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB/archive/${TILEDB_VERSION}.tar.gz \
         | tar xz -C tiledb --strip-components=1 \
     && cd tiledb \
     && patch -p0 < /buildscripts/tiledb-FindLZ4_EP.cmake.patch \
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ RUN . /buildscripts/bh-set-envvars.sh \
 ARG OPENJPEG_VERSION=
 RUN . /buildscripts/bh-set-envvars.sh \
     && if test "${OPENJPEG_VERSION}" != ""; then ( \
-    wget -q https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/archive/v${OPENJPEG_VERSION}.tar.gz \
+    curl -LO -fsS https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/archive/v${OPENJPEG_VERSION}.tar.gz \
     && tar xzf v${OPENJPEG_VERSION}.tar.gz \
     && rm -f v${OPENJPEG_VERSION}.tar.gz \
     && cd openjpeg-${OPENJPEG_VERSION} \
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ RUN . /buildscripts/bh-set-envvars.sh \
 ARG OPENDRIVE_VERSION=0.6.0-gdal
 RUN . /buildscripts/bh-set-envvars.sh \
     && if test "${OPENDRIVE_VERSION}" != ""; then ( \
-    wget -q https://github.com/DLR-TS/libOpenDRIVE/archive/refs/tags/${OPENDRIVE_VERSION}.tar.gz \
+    curl -LO -fsS https://github.com/DLR-TS/libOpenDRIVE/archive/refs/tags/${OPENDRIVE_VERSION}.tar.gz \
     && tar xzf ${OPENDRIVE_VERSION}.tar.gz \
     && rm -f ${OPENDRIVE_VERSION}.tar.gz \
     && cd libOpenDRIVE-${OPENDRIVE_VERSION} \
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ RUN . /buildscripts/bh-set-envvars.sh \
 ARG WITH_FILEGDB=
 RUN . /buildscripts/bh-set-envvars.sh \
   && if echo "$WITH_FILEGDB" | grep -Eiq "^(y(es)?|1|true)$"  ; then ( \
-  wget -q https://github.com/Esri/file-geodatabase-api/raw/master/FileGDB_API_1.5.2/FileGDB_API-RHEL7-64gcc83.tar.gz \
+  curl -LO -fsS https://github.com/Esri/file-geodatabase-api/raw/master/FileGDB_API_1.5.2/FileGDB_API-RHEL7-64gcc83.tar.gz \
   && tar -xzf FileGDB_API-RHEL7-64gcc83.tar.gz \
   && chown -R root:root FileGDB_API-RHEL7-64gcc83 \
   && mv FileGDB_API-RHEL7-64gcc83 /usr/local/FileGDB_API \
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ RUN . /buildscripts/bh-set-envvars.sh \
 
 ARG WITH_PDFIUM=yes
 RUN if echo "$WITH_PDFIUM" | grep -Eiq "^(y(es)?|1|true)$"  ; then ( \
-  wget -q https://github.com/rouault/pdfium_build_gdal_3_10/releases/download/pdfium_6677_v1/install-ubuntu2004-rev6677.tar.gz \
+  curl -LO -fsS https://github.com/rouault/pdfium_build_gdal_3_10/releases/download/pdfium_6677_v1/install-ubuntu2004-rev6677.tar.gz \
   && tar -xzf install-ubuntu2004-rev6677.tar.gz \
   && chown -R root:root install \
   && mv install/lib/* /usr/lib/ \
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ ARG ARROW_SOVERSION=1600
 RUN . /buildscripts/bh-set-envvars.sh \
     && apt-get update -y \
     && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -V ca-certificates lsb-release wget \
-    && wget https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/$(lsb_release --id --short | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')/apache-arrow-apt-source-latest-$(lsb_release --codename --short).deb \
+    && curl -LO -fsS https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/$(lsb_release --id --short | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')/apache-arrow-apt-source-latest-$(lsb_release --codename --short).deb \
     && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -V ./apache-arrow-apt-source-latest-$(lsb_release --codename --short).deb \
     && apt-get update \
     && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -V libarrow${ARROW_SOVERSION}${APT_ARCH_SUFFIX} \
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
     && ln -s /usr/lib/$(uname -p)-linux-gnu/ogdi/4.1/libvrf.so /usr/lib/$(uname -p)-linux-gnu \
     # Install Arrow C++
     && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -V ca-certificates lsb-release wget \
-    && wget https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/$(lsb_release --id --short | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')/apache-arrow-apt-source-latest-$(lsb_release --codename --short).deb \
+    && curl -LO -fsS https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/$(lsb_release --id --short | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')/apache-arrow-apt-source-latest-$(lsb_release --codename --short).deb \
     && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -V ./apache-arrow-apt-source-latest-$(lsb_release --codename --short).deb \
     && apt-get update \
     && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -V libarrow${ARROW_SOVERSION} \
diff --git a/docker/ubuntu-full/bh-gdal.sh b/docker/ubuntu-full/bh-gdal.sh
index 4524d01ad4f3..da18b6956cc1 100755
--- a/docker/ubuntu-full/bh-gdal.sh
+++ b/docker/ubuntu-full/bh-gdal.sh
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ if [ -z "${GDAL_BUILD_IS_RELEASE:-}" ]; then
 fi
 
 mkdir gdal
-wget -q "https://github.com/${GDAL_REPOSITORY}/archive/${GDAL_VERSION}.tar.gz" \
-    -O - | tar xz -C gdal --strip-components=1
+curl -L -fsS "https://github.com/${GDAL_REPOSITORY}/archive/${GDAL_VERSION}.tar.gz" \
+    | tar xz -C gdal --strip-components=1
 
 
 
diff --git a/docker/ubuntu-full/bh-proj.sh b/docker/ubuntu-full/bh-proj.sh
index 410958247947..2487dfbe8ac8 100755
--- a/docker/ubuntu-full/bh-proj.sh
+++ b/docker/ubuntu-full/bh-proj.sh
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ fi
 set -eu
 
 mkdir proj
-wget -q "https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/archive/${PROJ_VERSION}.tar.gz" \
-    -O - | tar xz -C proj --strip-components=1
+curl -L -fsS "https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/archive/${PROJ_VERSION}.tar.gz" \
+    | tar xz -C proj --strip-components=1
 
 (
     cd proj
diff --git a/docker/ubuntu-small/Dockerfile b/docker/ubuntu-small/Dockerfile
index 7a31cded59cb..bbf53122852f 100644
--- a/docker/ubuntu-small/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/ubuntu-small/Dockerfile
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ RUN . /buildscripts/bh-set-envvars.sh \
 ARG OPENJPEG_VERSION=
 RUN . /buildscripts/bh-set-envvars.sh \
     && if test "${OPENJPEG_VERSION}" != ""; then ( \
-    wget -q https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/archive/v${OPENJPEG_VERSION}.tar.gz \
+    curl -LO -fsS https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/archive/v${OPENJPEG_VERSION}.tar.gz \
     && tar xzf v${OPENJPEG_VERSION}.tar.gz \
     && rm -f v${OPENJPEG_VERSION}.tar.gz \
     && cd openjpeg-${OPENJPEG_VERSION} \
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ ARG PROJ_INSTALL_PREFIX
 ARG PROJ_DATUMGRID_LATEST_LAST_MODIFIED
 RUN \
     mkdir -p /build_projgrids/${PROJ_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/proj \
-    && curl -LOs http://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-datumgrid-latest.zip \
+    && curl -LO -fsS http://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-datumgrid-latest.zip \
     && unzip -q -j -u -o proj-datumgrid-latest.zip  -d /build_projgrids/${PROJ_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/proj \
     && rm -f *.zip
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ ARG RSYNC_REMOTE
 ARG PROJ_VERSION=master
 RUN . /buildscripts/bh-set-envvars.sh \
     && mkdir proj \
-    && wget -q https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/archive/${PROJ_VERSION}.tar.gz -O - \
+    && curl -L -fsS https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/archive/${PROJ_VERSION}.tar.gz \
         | tar xz -C proj --strip-components=1 \
     && cd proj \
     && if test "${RSYNC_REMOTE:-}" != ""; then \
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ RUN . /buildscripts/bh-set-envvars.sh \
         export GDAL_SHA1SUM=${GDAL_VERSION}; \
     fi \
     && mkdir gdal \
-    && wget -q https://github.com/${GDAL_REPOSITORY}/archive/${GDAL_VERSION}.tar.gz -O - \
+    && curl -L -fsS https://github.com/${GDAL_REPOSITORY}/archive/${GDAL_VERSION}.tar.gz \
         | tar xz -C gdal --strip-components=1 \
     && cd gdal \
     && if test "${RSYNC_REMOTE:-}" != ""; then \