diff --git a/scripts/libfreetype/download.sh b/scripts/libfreetype/download.sh
index d3481e1..df522d0 100755
--- a/scripts/libfreetype/download.sh
+++ b/scripts/libfreetype/download.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 source ${SCRIPTS_DIR}/common-functions.sh
 
-FREETYPE_VERSION=2.11.1
+FREETYPE_VERSION=2.12.1
 
 downloadTarArchive \
   "libfreetype" \