diff --git a/libs/freetype/Makefile b/libs/freetype/Makefile
index 7dc7daa65..d2779077c 100644
--- a/libs/freetype/Makefile
+++ b/libs/freetype/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=freetype
-PKG_VERSION:=2.10.4
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=2.11.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/freetype
-PKG_HASH:=86a854d8905b19698bbc8f23b860bc104246ce4854dcea8e3b0fb21284f75784
+PKG_HASH:=8bee39bd3968c4804b70614a0a3ad597299ad0e824bc8aad5ce8aaf48067bde7
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Val Kulkov <val.kulkov@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=FTL GPL-2.0-only MIT ZLIB GPL-3.0-or-later
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ define Package/libfreetype/description
 endef
 
 MESON_ARGS += \
-	-Dzlib=system \
+	-Dzlib=enabled \
 	-Dbzip2=disabled \
 	-Dpng=enabled \
 	-Dharfbuzz=disabled \
diff --git a/libs/freetype/patches/010-meson.patch b/libs/freetype/patches/010-meson.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f86d629cc..000000000
--- a/libs/freetype/patches/010-meson.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-From 40c5681ab92e7db1298273ccf3c816e6a1498260 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org>
-Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:09:56 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] * meson.build: Fix 'harfbuzz' and 'brotli' build options
- (#59347).
-
-Without this patch, 'harfbuzz' and 'brotli' are always required.
-
-Patch submitted anonymously in Savannah bug report.
----
- meson.build | 12 ++++++++----
- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
-
---- a/meson.build
-+++ b/meson.build
-@@ -267,13 +267,17 @@ ft2_deps += [libpng_dep]
- harfbuzz_dep = dependency('harfbuzz',
-                  version: '>= 1.8.0',
-                  required: get_option('harfbuzz'))
--ftoption_command += ['--enable=FT_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_HARFBUZZ']
--ft2_deps += [harfbuzz_dep]
-+if harfbuzz_dep.found()
-+  ftoption_command += ['--enable=FT_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_HARFBUZZ']
-+  ft2_deps += [harfbuzz_dep]
-+endif
- 
- # Brotli decompression support
- brotli_dep = dependency('libbrotlidec', required: get_option('brotli'))
--ftoption_command += ['--enable=FT_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_BROTLI']
--ft2_deps += [brotli_dep]
-+if brotli_dep.found()
-+  ftoption_command += ['--enable=FT_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_BROTLI']
-+  ft2_deps += [brotli_dep]
-+endif
- 
- # We can now generate `ftoption.h`.
- ftoption_h = custom_target('ftoption.h',
diff --git a/libs/freetype/patches/020-distutils.patch b/libs/freetype/patches/020-distutils.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 207e4fb02..000000000
--- a/libs/freetype/patches/020-distutils.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/meson.build
-+++ b/meson.build
-@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ project('freetype2', 'c',
- # running an external command is required.
- 
- python = import('python')
--python_exe = python.find_installation(required: true)
-+python_exe = 'python3'
- 
- ft2_version = run_command(python_exe,
-   files('builds/meson/extract_freetype_version.py'),
diff --git a/libs/freetype/patches/030-meson-pkgconfig.patch b/libs/freetype/patches/030-meson-pkgconfig.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 413189223..000000000
--- a/libs/freetype/patches/030-meson-pkgconfig.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-From 26e2a89598d69c7aba76c83f6a1fcf1db17574ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org>
-Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2020 21:00:22 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] * meson.build: Fix .pc file generation.
-
-For backwards compatibility we need the libtool version, not the .so
-number.
-
-Reported by Nikolaus.
-
-Downloaded from upstream commit:
-https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/commit/26e2a89598d69c7aba76c83f6a1fcf1db17574ab
-
-Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls <bernd.kuhls@t-online.de>
----
- ChangeLog   |  9 +++++++++
- meson.build | 10 +++++++---
- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
---- a/meson.build
-+++ b/meson.build
-@@ -32,11 +32,15 @@ ft2_version = run_command(python_exe,
-   files('builds/meson/extract_freetype_version.py'),
-   files('include/freetype/freetype.h')).stdout().strip()
- 
--ft2_libtool_version = run_command(python_exe,
-+ft2_so_version = run_command(python_exe,
-   files('builds/meson/extract_libtool_version.py'),
-   '--soversion',
-   files('builds/unix/configure.raw')).stdout().strip()
- 
-+ft2_libtool_version = run_command(python_exe,
-+  files('builds/meson/extract_libtool_version.py'),
-+  files('builds/unix/configure.raw')).stdout().strip()
-+
- ft2_includes = include_directories('include')
- 
- 
-@@ -320,7 +324,7 @@ ft2_lib = library('freetype',
-   include_directories: ft2_includes,
-   dependencies: ft2_deps,
-   install: true,
--  version: ft2_libtool_version,
-+  version: ft2_so_version,
- )
- 
- 
-@@ -328,7 +332,7 @@ ft2_lib = library('freetype',
- freetype2_dep = declare_dependency(
-   include_directories: ft2_includes,
-   link_with: ft2_lib,
--  version: ft2_libtool_version)
-+  version: ft2_so_version)
- 
- 
- # NOTE: Using both `install_dir` and `subdir` doesn't seem to work below,