diff --git a/packages/freetype/build.sh b/packages/freetype/build.sh
index a314ed029..b29aee49c 100644
--- a/packages/freetype/build.sh
+++ b/packages/freetype/build.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://www.freetype.org
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Software font engine capable of producing high-quality output"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.7.1
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.8
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/freetype/freetype2/${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}/freetype-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=3a3bb2c4e15ffb433f2032f50a5b5a92558206822e22bfe8cbe339af4aa82f88
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=a3c603ed84c3c2495f9c9331fe6bba3bb0ee65e06ec331e0a0fb52158291b40b
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libbz2, libpng"
 TERMUX_PKG_RM_AFTER_INSTALL="bin/freetype-config share/man/man1/freetype-config.1"
 # Use with-harfbuzz=no to avoid circular dependency between freetype and harfbuzz: