diff --git a/packages/freetype/build.sh b/packages/freetype/build.sh
index 595a9a4ba..1e213c892 100644
--- a/packages/freetype/build.sh
+++ b/packages/freetype/build.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://www.freetype.org
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Software font engine capable of producing high-quality output"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-2.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.12.0
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.12.1
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION.tar.xz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=ef5c336aacc1a079ff9262d6308d6c2a066dd4d2a905301c4adda9b354399033
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=4766f20157cc4cf0cd292f80bf917f92d1c439b243ac3018debf6b9140c41a7f
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libbz2, libpng, zlib"
 TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="freetype-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="freetype-dev"