diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix
index 47a23aff7fad..2b65ac20cf75 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl}: stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "freetype-2.1.5";
+  name = "freetype-2.1.9";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/freetype/freetype-2.1.5.tar.bz2;
-    md5 = "54537b518b84d04190a1eccd393a29df";
-#    url = http://cesnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/freetype/freetype-2.1.7.tar.bz2;
-#    md5 = "d71723948d7c0e44c401b5733c50857e";
+    url = http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/freetype/freetype-2.1.9.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "ec1b903e4be5f073caa72458ea58c29c";
   };
 }