diff --git a/packages/print/freetype/package.mk b/packages/print/freetype/package.mk
index 0ad776532e..dccdc44a91 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="2.11.1"
-PKG_SHA256="3333ae7cfda88429c97a7ae63b7d01ab398076c3b67182e960e5684050f2c5c8"
+PKG_VERSION="2.12.0"
+PKG_SHA256="ef5c336aacc1a079ff9262d6308d6c2a066dd4d2a905301c4adda9b354399033"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://freetype.org"
 PKG_URL="http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"