diff --git a/libs/freetype/Makefile b/libs/freetype/Makefile
index 36a540261d..1c777a50cb 100644
--- a/libs/freetype/Makefile
+++ b/libs/freetype/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=freetype
-PKG_VERSION:=2.8.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=2.9
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/freetype
-PKG_HASH:=e5435f02e02d2b87bb8e4efdcaa14b1f78c9cf3ab1ed80f94b6382fb6acc7d78
+PKG_HASH:=e6ffba3c8cef93f557d1f767d7bc3dee860ac7a3aaff588a521e081bc36f4c8a
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=FTL GPL-2.0 MIT ZLIB
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=docs/LICENSE.TXT docs/FTL.TXT docs/GPLv2.TXT src/bdf/README src/pcf/README src/gzip/zlib.h