diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 326943713f0..7e5c3c85fb5 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 gtk+-2.16.0_1
 libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 gdk-pixbuf-2.22.0_1
 libgdk_pixbuf_xlib-2.0.so.0 gdk-pixbuf-xlib-2.30.8_1
 libgailutil.so.18 gtk+-2.16.0_1
-libfreetype.so.6 freetype-2.3.9_1
+libfreetype.so.6 freetype-2.12.1_1
 libfontconfig.so.1 fontconfig-2.6.0_1
 libX11-xcb.so.1 libX11-1.2_1
 libX11.so.6 libX11-1.2_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/freetype/template b/srcpkgs/freetype/template
index 75abb71ceaa..72549c71bd7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/freetype/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/freetype/template
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'freetype'
 pkgname=freetype
 version=2.12.1
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-freetype-config"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-makedepends="bzip2-devel libpng-devel"
+makedepends="bzip2-devel libpng-devel brotli-devel"
 short_desc="Font rendering engine and library API"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later, FTL"