diff --git a/net/transmission/Makefile b/net/transmission/Makefile
index 739d3ee9b..c762f05df 100644
--- a/net/transmission/Makefile
+++ b/net/transmission/Makefile
@@ -8,22 +8,22 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=transmission
-PKG_VERSION:=2.93
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_VERSION:=2.92+git
+PKG_RELEASE:=5
 
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/transmission/transmission-releases/raw/master
-PKG_HASH:=8815920e0a4499bcdadbbe89a4115092dab42ce5199f71ff9a926cfd12b9b90b
-PKG_MAINTAINER:=Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
-PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(BUILD_VARIANT)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
-
-PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0+
-PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
+PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/transmission/transmission.git
+PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=5b29fe15561d40c40cbee635446df6b33e18d2c2
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.xz
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=f99982ae68564da9bf6ad4407285aff2e29508e4fd801ff56f86a8b3dae01819
 
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(BUILD_VARIANT)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
 define Package/transmission/template
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ define Package/transmission/template
   CATEGORY:=Network
   TITLE:=BitTorrent client
   URL:=http://www.transmissionbt.com
+  MAINTAINER:=Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
 endef
 
 define Package/transmission-daemon/Default
diff --git a/net/transmission/files/transmission.config b/net/transmission/files/transmission.config
index 309590364..2ea69d057 100644
--- a/net/transmission/files/transmission.config
+++ b/net/transmission/files/transmission.config
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ config transmission
 	option rpc_authentication_required false
 	option rpc_bind_address '0.0.0.0'
 	option rpc_enabled true
-	option rpc_host_whitelist_enabled false
 	option rpc_password ''
 	option rpc_port 9091
 	option rpc_url '/transmission/'
diff --git a/net/transmission/files/transmission.init b/net/transmission/files/transmission.init
index 751faff05..f7b1d41e1 100644
--- a/net/transmission/files/transmission.init
+++ b/net/transmission/files/transmission.init
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ transmission() {
 			speed_limit_down speed_limit_down_enabled speed_limit_up \
 			speed_limit_up_enabled start_added_torrents trash_original_torrent_files \
 			umask upload_slots_per_torrent utp_enabled scrape_paused_torrents \
-			watch_dir_enabled rpc_host_whitelist_enabled
+			watch_dir_enabled
 
 		append_params_quotes "$cfg" \
 			blocklist_url bind_address_ipv4 bind_address_ipv6 download_dir incomplete_dir \
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ transmission() {
 	procd_set_param command $cmdline
 	procd_set_param respawn retry=60
 	procd_set_param user "$user"
-	procd_set_param group "$user"
 	procd_set_param nice "$nice"
 	if test -z "$USE";then
 		procd_set_param limits core="0 0"
diff --git a/net/transmission/patches/050-mask-as-release.patch b/net/transmission/patches/050-mask-as-release.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f2553585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/transmission/patches/050-mask-as-release.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ set(TR_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})
+ #         "Z" for unsupported trunk builds,
+ #         "0" for stable, supported releases
+ # these should be the only two lines you need to change
+-set(TR_USER_AGENT_PREFIX "2.92+")
+-set(TR_PEER_ID_PREFIX "-TR292Z-")
++set(TR_USER_AGENT_PREFIX "2.92")
++set(TR_PEER_ID_PREFIX "-TR2920-")
+ 
+ string(REGEX MATCH "^([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+).*" TR_VERSION "${TR_USER_AGENT_PREFIX}")
+ set(TR_VERSION_MAJOR "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ dnl STATUS: "X" for prerelease beta buil
+ dnl         "Z" for unsupported trunk builds,
+ dnl         "0" for stable, supported releases
+ dnl these should be the only two lines you need to change
+-m4_define([user_agent_prefix],[2.92+])
+-m4_define([peer_id_prefix],[-TR292Z-])
++m4_define([user_agent_prefix],[2.92])
++m4_define([peer_id_prefix],[-TR2920-])
+ 
+ AC_INIT([transmission],[user_agent_prefix],[https://trac.transmissionbt.com/newticket])
+ AC_SUBST(USERAGENT_PREFIX,[user_agent_prefix])
diff --git a/net/transmission/patches/060-fix-foreground-syslog.patch b/net/transmission/patches/060-fix-foreground-syslog.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0334ca595
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/transmission/patches/060-fix-foreground-syslog.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+diff --git a/daemon/daemon.c b/daemon/daemon.c
+index 7b2a3b425..5b19d105a 100644
+--- a/daemon/daemon.c
++++ b/daemon/daemon.c
+@@ -715,12 +715,7 @@ static int daemon_start(void* raw_arg, bool foreground)
+     }
+ 
+ #ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG
+-
+-    if (!foreground)
+-    {
+-        openlog(MY_NAME, LOG_CONS | LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
+-    }
+-
++    openlog(MY_NAME, LOG_CONS | LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
+ #endif
+ 
+     /* Create new timer event to report daemon status */
+@@ -772,11 +767,8 @@ cleanup:
+     /* shutdown */
+ #ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG
+ 
+-    if (!foreground)
+-    {
+         syslog(LOG_INFO, "%s", "Closing session");
+         closelog();
+-    }
+ 
+ #endif
+