diff --git a/libs/freetype/Makefile b/libs/freetype/Makefile
index 2865b615bf..3270af354f 100644
--- a/libs/freetype/Makefile
+++ b/libs/freetype/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=freetype
-PKG_VERSION:=2.9.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=2.10.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/freetype
-PKG_HASH:=db8d87ea720ea9d5edc5388fc7a0497bb11ba9fe972245e0f7f4c7e8b1e1e84d
+PKG_HASH:=fccc62928c65192fff6c98847233b28eb7ce05f12d2fea3f6cc90e8b4e5fbe06
 
 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