diff --git a/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/package.mk b/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/package.mk
index 4378423eaa..79e2a849a0 100644
--- a/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/package.mk
+++ b/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/package.mk
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2019-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="fontconfig"
-PKG_VERSION="2.15.0"
-PKG_SHA256="f5f359d6332861bd497570848fcb42520964a9e83d5e3abe397b6b6db9bcaaf4"
+PKG_VERSION="2.16.0"
+PKG_SHA256="6a33dc555cc9ba8b10caf7695878ef134eeb36d0af366041f639b1da9b6ed220"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/"
-PKG_URL="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+PKG_URL="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain util-linux util-macros freetype libxml2 zlib expat"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Fontconfig is a library for font customization and configuration."
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="configure"