diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix
index 24757af09e3..b87e64c2afb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ let
 
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "freetype";
-  version = "2.10.2";
+  version = "2.10.4";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A font rendering engine";
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://savannah/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "12rd181yzz6952cyjqaa4253f5szam93cmhw18p33rnj4l8dchqm";
+    sha256 = "112pyy215chg7f7fmp2l9374chhhpihbh8wgpj5nj6avj3c59a46";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ zlib bzip2 libpng ]; # needed when linking against freetype