diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/freetype b/config/rootfiles/common/freetype
index ceb06b4d6..e7d8e9ff9 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/freetype
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/freetype
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #usr/include/freetype2/freetype/fttrigon.h
 #usr/include/freetype2/freetype/fttypes.h
 #usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ftwinfnt.h
+#usr/include/freetype2/freetype/otsvg.h
 #usr/include/freetype2/freetype/t1tables.h
 #usr/include/freetype2/freetype/ttnameid.h
 #usr/include/freetype2/freetype/tttables.h
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@
 #usr/lib/libfreetype.la
 #usr/lib/libfreetype.so
 usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6
-usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.18.1
+usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.18.3
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/freetype2.pc
 #usr/share/aclocal/freetype2.m4
 #usr/share/man/man1/freetype-config.1
diff --git a/lfs/freetype b/lfs/freetype
index 8a308d70d..5233f7bb8 100644
--- a/lfs/freetype
+++ b/lfs/freetype
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 2.11.1
+VER        = 2.12.1
 
 THISAPP    = freetype-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.xz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 15cc03e7b8ba93b2f240b0eee3f1cc07bca77d9ef67a1971d44d6c061a0dff2b13737fa417f7f2dc4e7e6df660223325931f69a107a6b2eaf14425fc71b7ca7b
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = c4737dc0c6e44e0a911545d604fdb2e8e8b3f5185d3f5dfe4e4561ee2d75b3e5a31afcbb2089306fec4b31ba10324a6ec6499c3735b2b7591c71e96fee4ed278
 
 install : $(TARGET)