diff --git a/packages/fontconfig/build.sh b/packages/fontconfig/build.sh
index 2a375d0762..d4e2c5372b 100644
--- a/packages/fontconfig/build.sh
+++ b/packages/fontconfig/build.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Library for configuring and customizing font access"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION="2.15.0"
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION="2.16.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release/fontconfig-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=63a0658d0e06e0fa886106452b58ef04f21f58202ea02a94c39de0d3335d7c0e
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=6a33dc555cc9ba8b10caf7695878ef134eeb36d0af366041f639b1da9b6ed220
 TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE=true
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="freetype, libexpat, ttf-dejavu"
 TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="fontconfig-dev"