diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2fde2798d..3e4011ad0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ skia-pathops==0.8.0.post1; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy"
 ufoLib2==0.16.0
 ufo2ft==3.2.7
 pyobjc==10.3.1; sys_platform == "darwin"
-freetype-py==2.4.0
+freetype-py==2.5.1
 uharfbuzz==0.39.3
 glyphsLib==6.8.0 # this is only required to run Tests/varLib/interpolatable_test.py
 lxml==5.3.0