diff --git a/packages/devel/flatbuffers/package.mk b/packages/devel/flatbuffers/package.mk
index 7617f0a3ff..08c68a407a 100644
--- a/packages/devel/flatbuffers/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/flatbuffers/package.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="flatbuffers"
-PKG_VERSION="1.11.0"
-PKG_SHA256="3f4a286642094f45b1b77228656fbd7ea123964f19502f9ecfd29933fd23a50b"
+PKG_VERSION="1.12.0"
+PKG_SHA256="62f2223fb9181d1d6338451375628975775f7522185266cd5296571ac152bc45"
 PKG_LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
 PKG_SITE="https://github.com/google/flatbuffers"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/archive/v$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
diff --git a/packages/devel/fribidi/package.mk b/packages/devel/fribidi/package.mk
index f37d2f047b..e0352c8c18 100644
--- a/packages/devel/fribidi/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/fribidi/package.mk
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2019-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="fribidi"
-PKG_VERSION="1.0.8"
-PKG_SHA256="94c7b68d86ad2a9613b4dcffe7bbeb03523d63b5b37918bdf2e4ef34195c1e6c"
+PKG_VERSION="1.0.10"
+PKG_SHA256="7f1c687c7831499bcacae5e8675945a39bacbad16ecaa945e9454a32df653c01"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://fribidi.freedesktop.org/"
-PKG_URL="https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi/releases/download/v$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi/releases/download/v$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_LONGDESC="A bidirectional algorithm library."
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="meson"
diff --git a/packages/devel/gettext/package.mk b/packages/devel/gettext/package.mk
index fdbfd93a81..029772ffbd 100644
--- a/packages/devel/gettext/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/gettext/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="gettext"
-PKG_VERSION="0.20.1"
-PKG_SHA256="66415634c6e8c3fa8b71362879ec7575e27da43da562c798a8a2f223e6e47f5c"
+PKG_VERSION="0.20.2"
+PKG_SHA256="ecb9d0908ca41d5ca5fef974323b3bba6bec19eebba0b44f396de98cfcc089f1"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/s/gettext/"
 PKG_URL="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
diff --git a/packages/devel/libcec/package.mk b/packages/devel/libcec/package.mk
index 02b4b26270..1fd7698db9 100644
--- a/packages/devel/libcec/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/libcec/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="libcec"
-PKG_VERSION="libcec-4.0.5"
-PKG_SHA256="e4d749430ebcf3a35ec3a3f6675afcc5755afc1e5801c12121e54d80eb187743"
+PKG_VERSION="libcec-4.0.7"
+PKG_SHA256="bcd92c376993a5721d346edcc09eb17289451f9156b1d1d113c9663c2046315a"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://libcec.pulse-eight.com/"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/Pulse-Eight/libcec/archive/$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
diff --git a/packages/devel/libplist/package.mk b/packages/devel/libplist/package.mk
index 4ac7571c04..d9350c0810 100644
--- a/packages/devel/libplist/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/libplist/package.mk
@@ -2,17 +2,22 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="libplist"
-PKG_VERSION="2.0.0"
-PKG_SHA256="3a7e9694c2d9a85174ba1fa92417cfabaea7f6d19631e544948dc7e17e82f602"
+PKG_VERSION="2.2.0"
+PKG_SHA256="4a5517e5377ec421df84c586ba85bb4e1d26f11ad203d7d450a907c0156fbd9a"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.libimobiledevice.org/"
-PKG_URL="http://www.libimobiledevice.org/downloads/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libplist/releases/download/${PKG_VERSION}/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain glib"
 PKG_LONGDESC="libplist is a library for manipulating Apple Binary and XML Property Lists"
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="autotools"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--without-cython"
 
+pre_configure_target() {
+  # work around bashism in configure script
+  export CONFIG_SHELL="/bin/bash"
+}
+
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/bin
 }
diff --git a/packages/graphics/giflib/package.mk b/packages/graphics/giflib/package.mk
index 7da0497bb4..f424b10df7 100644
--- a/packages/graphics/giflib/package.mk
+++ b/packages/graphics/giflib/package.mk
@@ -2,18 +2,21 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="giflib"
-PKG_VERSION="5.1.4"
-PKG_SHA256="df27ec3ff24671f80b29e6ab1c4971059c14ac3db95406884fc26574631ba8d5"
+PKG_VERSION="5.2.1"
+PKG_SHA256="31da5562f44c5f15d63340a09a4fd62b48c45620cd302f77a6d9acf0077879bd"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://giflib.sourceforge.net/"
-PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/giflib/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/giflib/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="zlib:host"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain zlib"
 PKG_LONGDESC="giflib: giflib service library"
+PKG_TOOLCHAIN="manual"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--disable-shared --enable-static"
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--with-sysroot=$SYSROOT_PREFIX"
-
-post_makeinstall_target() {
-  rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/bin
+make_host() {
+  make libgif.a CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
+}
+
+makeinstall_host() {
+  make install-include PREFIX="${TOOLCHAIN}"
+  make install-lib PREFIX="${TOOLCHAIN}"
 }
diff --git a/packages/graphics/giflib/patches/giflib-01-fix-reallocarray-exception.patch b/packages/graphics/giflib/patches/giflib-01-fix-reallocarray-exception.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f2158c66cf..0000000000
--- a/packages/graphics/giflib/patches/giflib-01-fix-reallocarray-exception.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
---- a/lib/dgif_lib.c
-+++ b/lib/dgif_lib.c
-@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
- #include "gif_lib.h"
- #include "gif_lib_private.h"
- 
-+extern void *reallocarray(void *optr, size_t nmemb, size_t size);
-+
- /* compose unsigned little endian value */
- #define UNSIGNED_LITTLE_ENDIAN(lo, hi)	((lo) | ((hi) << 8))
- 
---- a/lib/gif_lib.h
-+++ b/lib/gif_lib.h
-@@ -244,9 +244,6 @@
-                                      GifPixelType ColorTransIn2[]);
- extern int GifBitSize(int n);
- 
--extern void *
--reallocarray(void *optr, size_t nmemb, size_t size);
--
- /******************************************************************************
-  Support for the in-core structures allocation (slurp mode).              
- ******************************************************************************/
---- a/lib/gifalloc.c
-+++ b/lib/gifalloc.c
-@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
- 
- #include "gif_lib.h"
- 
-+extern void *reallocarray(void *optr, size_t nmemb, size_t size);
-+
- #define MAX(x, y)    (((x) > (y)) ? (x) : (y))
- 
- /******************************************************************************
diff --git a/packages/graphics/giflib/patches/giflib-01-static-lib.patch b/packages/graphics/giflib/patches/giflib-01-static-lib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5b0ebce3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/graphics/giflib/patches/giflib-01-static-lib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -99,9 +99,6 @@
+ install-lib:
+ 	$(INSTALL) -d "$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)"
+ 	$(INSTALL) -m 644 libgif.a "$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/libgif.a"
+-	$(INSTALL) -m 755 libgif.so "$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/libgif.so.$(LIBVER)"
+-	ln -sf libgif.so.$(LIBVER) "$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/libgif.so.$(LIBMAJOR)"
+-	ln -sf libgif.so.$(LIBMAJOR) "$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/libgif.so"
+ install-man:
+ 	$(INSTALL) -d "$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1"
+ 	$(INSTALL) -m 644 doc/*.1 "$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1"
diff --git a/packages/graphics/libjpeg-turbo/package.mk b/packages/graphics/libjpeg-turbo/package.mk
index 6717e5e2a7..b46991910d 100644
--- a/packages/graphics/libjpeg-turbo/package.mk
+++ b/packages/graphics/libjpeg-turbo/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="libjpeg-turbo"
-PKG_VERSION="2.0.4"
-PKG_SHA256="7777c3c19762940cff42b3ba4d7cd5c52d1671b39a79532050c85efb99079064"
+PKG_VERSION="2.0.5"
+PKG_SHA256="b3090cd37b5a8b3e4dbd30a1311b3989a894e5d3c668f14cbc6739d77c9402b7"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://libjpeg-turbo.org/"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/archive/$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
index 4c17d57a8e..0e1fa55fd6 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ PKG_SHA256="ffb6984864a0755ea1a3f4d61451911209a7691a8aaffcda455ee38cadceb07a"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.kodi.tv"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/archive/$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain JsonSchemaBuilder:host TexturePacker:host Python3 zlib systemd lzo pcre swig:host libass curl fontconfig fribidi tinyxml libjpeg-turbo freetype libcdio taglib libxml2 libxslt rapidjson sqlite ffmpeg crossguid giflib libdvdnav libhdhomerun libfmt lirc libfstrcmp flatbuffers:host flatbuffers libudfread spdlog"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain JsonSchemaBuilder:host TexturePacker:host Python3 zlib systemd lzo pcre swig:host libass curl fontconfig fribidi tinyxml libjpeg-turbo freetype libcdio taglib libxml2 libxslt rapidjson sqlite ffmpeg crossguid libdvdnav libhdhomerun libfmt lirc libfstrcmp flatbuffers:host flatbuffers libudfread spdlog"
 PKG_LONGDESC="A free and open source cross-platform media player."
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+speed"
 
diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-001-pr18378-support-libplist-2.2.0.patch b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-001-pr18378-support-libplist-2.2.0.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91af47e41b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/patches/kodi-001-pr18378-support-libplist-2.2.0.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+From 22ab58e8f958980c070a46cabe197b3557dda0a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Matthias Reichl <hias@horus.com>
+Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2020 23:50:53 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] [cmake] support libplist version 2.2.0
+
+libplist 2.2.0 changed the pkgconfig and library names from
+libplist(++) to libplist(++)-2.0. Add these names to cmake pkgconfig
+and library lists so cmake can pick up external 2.2 versions as well.
+
+Signed-off-by: Matthias Reichl <hias@horus.com>
+---
+ cmake/modules/FindPlist.cmake | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindPlist.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindPlist.cmake
+index 2c86b7493a..8f9b2d6cd7 100644
+--- a/cmake/modules/FindPlist.cmake
++++ b/cmake/modules/FindPlist.cmake
+@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
+ #   Plist::Plist   - The Plist library
+ 
+ if(PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
+-  pkg_check_modules(PC_PLIST libplist QUIET)
++  pkg_search_module(PC_PLIST libplist-2.0 libplist QUIET)
+ endif()
+ 
+ find_path(PLIST_INCLUDE_DIR plist/plist.h
+@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ find_path(PLIST_INCLUDE_DIR plist/plist.h
+ 
+ set(PLIST_VERSION ${PC_PLIST_VERSION})
+ 
+-find_library(PLIST_LIBRARY NAMES plist libplist
++find_library(PLIST_LIBRARY NAMES plist-2.0 plist libplist-2.0 libplist
+                                  PATHS ${PC_PLIST_LIBDIR})
+ 
+ include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+-- 
+2.20.1
+
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/libudfread/package.mk b/packages/multimedia/libudfread/package.mk
index 0e9b312bd1..66578d68ae 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/libudfread/package.mk
+++ b/packages/multimedia/libudfread/package.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2020-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="libudfread"
-PKG_VERSION="1.0.0"
-PKG_SHA256="539dd69d2f43816a2a3f69b77fae05268c3930650c2d0d5b092614cce853583c"
+PKG_VERSION="1.1.0"
+PKG_SHA256="5ad9f95c53e8f29853c1fefa0a20a301be4045e2c7ae49d1164bc74d94155627"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPLv2.1"
 PKG_SITE="https://code.videolan.org/videolan/libudfread"
 PKG_URL="https://code.videolan.org/videolan/$PKG_NAME/-/archive/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
diff --git a/packages/print/freetype/package.mk b/packages/print/freetype/package.mk
index 1d3c35424b..f1f44f57cc 100644
--- a/packages/print/freetype/package.mk
+++ b/packages/print/freetype/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="freetype"
-PKG_VERSION="2.10.1"
-PKG_SHA256="16dbfa488a21fe827dc27eaf708f42f7aa3bb997d745d31a19781628c36ba26f"
+PKG_VERSION="2.10.2"
+PKG_SHA256="1543d61025d2e6312e0a1c563652555f17378a204a61e99928c9fcef030a2d8b"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.freetype.org"
 PKG_URL="http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
diff --git a/packages/web/libmicrohttpd/package.mk b/packages/web/libmicrohttpd/package.mk
index 0999c68810..cfb7f8b57d 100644
--- a/packages/web/libmicrohttpd/package.mk
+++ b/packages/web/libmicrohttpd/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="libmicrohttpd"
-PKG_VERSION="0.9.70"
-PKG_SHA256="90d0a3d396f96f9bc41eb0f7e8187796049285fabef82604acd4879590977307"
+PKG_VERSION="0.9.71"
+PKG_SHA256="e8f445e85faf727b89e9f9590daea4473ae00ead38b237cf1eda55172b89b182"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPLv2.1"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/software/libmicrohttpd/"
 PKG_URL="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/libmicrohttpd/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"