diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 008bc8c56..f9043df7e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ skia-pathops==0.7.2; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy"
 # this is only required to run Tests/cu2qu/{ufo,cli}_test.py
 ufoLib2==0.13.0
 pyobjc==8.1; sys_platform == "darwin"
-freetype-py==2.2.0
+freetype-py==2.3.0
 uharfbuzz==0.24.1