diff --git a/packages/libxft/build.sh b/packages/libxft/build.sh
index 88f54b36f7..7c34269786 100644
--- a/packages/libxft/build.sh
+++ b/packages/libxft/build.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://xorg.freedesktop.org/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="FreeType-based font drawing library for X"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="HPND"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.3.8
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION="2.3.9"
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/lib/libXft-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=5e8c3c4bc2d4c0a40aef6b4b38ed2fb74301640da29f6528154b5009b1c6dd49
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=60a25b78945ed6932635b3bb1899a517d31df7456e69867ffba27f89ff3976f5
+TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE=true
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="fontconfig, freetype, libx11, libxrender"