diff --git a/freetype/.footprint b/freetype/.footprint
index 0bb241165..73ce87af9 100644
--- a/freetype/.footprint
+++ b/freetype/.footprint
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/freetype2/freetype/config/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/libfreetype.a
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libfreetype.la
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libfreetype.so -> libfreetype.so.6.8.0
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 -> libfreetype.so.6.8.0
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.8.0
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libfreetype.so -> libfreetype.so.6.8.1
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 -> libfreetype.so.6.8.1
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.8.1
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/freetype2.pc
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/
diff --git a/freetype/.md5sum b/freetype/.md5sum
index b8e82eced..207149578 100644
--- a/freetype/.md5sum
+++ b/freetype/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-dbf2caca1d3afd410a29217a9809d397  freetype-2.4.8.tar.bz2
+77a893dae81fd5b896632715ca041179  freetype-2.4.9.tar.bz2
diff --git a/freetype/Pkgfile b/freetype/Pkgfile
index d98e07ec8..158739ae5 100644
--- a/freetype/Pkgfile
+++ b/freetype/Pkgfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Depends on:  zlib
 
 name=freetype
-version=2.4.8
+version=2.4.9
 release=1
 source=(http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/$name/$name-$version.tar.bz2)