diff --git a/Formula/freetype.rb b/Formula/freetype.rb
index 821564bf66..f41fe0517b 100644
--- a/Formula/freetype.rb
+++ b/Formula/freetype.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 class Freetype < Formula
   desc "Software library to render fonts"
   homepage "https://www.freetype.org/"
-  url "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/freetype/freetype2/2.8/freetype-2.8.tar.bz2"
-  mirror "https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-2.8.tar.bz2"
-  sha256 "a3c603ed84c3c2495f9c9331fe6bba3bb0ee65e06ec331e0a0fb52158291b40b"
+  url "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/freetype/freetype2/2.8.1/freetype-2.8.1.tar.bz2"
+  mirror "https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-2.8.1.tar.bz2"
+  sha256 "e5435f02e02d2b87bb8e4efdcaa14b1f78c9cf3ab1ed80f94b6382fb6acc7d78"
 
   bottle do
     cellar :any